BREAKING: Target Test Prep releases Brand New 2026 On Demand GMAT prep course

Redeem

Target Test Prep · GMAT

Choose how you want to prepare

Learn live with an expert or move at your own pace. Every option includes the complete TTP study system.

★★★★★5.0559 reviews
Vote for Target Test Prep, Newsweek Readers’ Choice Awards 2026
NEWSWEEK READERS’ CHOICE 2026

BIG NEWS! Target Test Prep has been nominated, and they’d love your vote!

TTP has worked incredibly hard to build the best test prep experience possible, and winning Newsweek’s 2026 Readers’ Choice Award for Best Test Prep would mean a lot to them. If TTP has helped you, they’d be incredibly grateful for your vote. You can vote once each day through September 9.

Vote for TTP
GMATLiveTeach 7 seats left
Chris Peckover
NEXT LIVE COHORT

Oct 13 to Jan 7, 2027

with Chris Peckover

Schedule
Tue, Thu · 8:00 to 10:00 PM ET
Included
40 live hours + 6 months of GMAT OnDemand
  • Live instruction and real-time questions
  • Class recordings and assigned practice
View class & enroll
Limited cohort · enrollment openTarget Test Prep
EALiveTeach 5 seats left
Logan Thompson
EXECUTIVE ASSESSMENT

Sep 6 to Dec 6, 2026

with Logan Thompson

Schedule
Sun · 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM ET
Included
Live EA class + 6 months of EA OnDemand
  • Expert-led weekly online sessions
  • EA Masterclass access between classes
View EA class & enroll
Limited cohort · enrollment openTarget Test Prep
GMATOnDemand Start anytime
SELF-PACED MASTERCLASS

Target Test Prep GMAT OnDemand

Complete access from day one. Study on your schedule.

715+ score guarantee
$0to start then $127/mo
  • Personalized study plan and analytics
  • Thousands of lessons and practice questions
Start free 5-day trial
Read 559 reviewsTarget Test Prep

Compare the format, schedule, and included access before enrolling. Prices and seat counts shown reflect the supplied offer details.

Senator Lasker

Expert replies
Post new topic Locked
Previous Topic Next Topic
User avatar
Legendary Member
Posts: 1325
Joined: Sun Nov 01, 2009 6:24 amFollowed by: 14 members
Thanked: 105 times
by vikram4689 » Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:38 am
Senator Lasker has proposed legislation requiring that employers should retain all older workers indefinitely or show just cause for dismissal.

(A) that employers should retain all older workers
(B) that all older workers be retained by employers
(C) the retaining by employers of all older workers
(D) employers' retention of all older workers
(E) employers to retain all older workers

Please see DOUBT in spoiler before giving answers
[spoiler]Both B(passive) and E(active) are grammatically correct BUT shouldn't B(subjunctive) be used as meaning of sentence shows command[/spoiler]
Premise: If you like my post
Conclusion : Press the Thanks Button ;)
Top
Join the discussion
Log in to postLogin with Googleuse password
QUOTE IN REPLY
Source: — Sentence Correction |
User avatar
Legendary Member
Posts: 502
Joined: Tue Jun 03, 2008 11:36 pmFollowed by: 21 members
Thanked: 99 times

by vk_vinayak » Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:52 am
IMO E.

Here there are two command words:propose and require.

I had read that 'propose' always takes the subjunctive form. But one of the important structures of subjunctive form is that the command word is followed by 'that'. But here that is not the case.

'Require' can be used in either subjunctive form or non-subjunctive form. Here non-subjunctive one is used.
- VK

I will (Learn. Recognize. Apply)
Top
Join the discussion
Log in to postLogin with Googleuse password
QUOTE IN REPLY
User avatar
Legendary Member
Posts: 1325
Joined: Sun Nov 01, 2009 6:24 amFollowed by: 14 members
Thanked: 105 times

by vikram4689 » Mon Apr 30, 2012 4:15 am
'Require' can be used in either subjunctive form or non-subjunctive form. BUT the meaning conveyed shows ORDER so shouldn't we used SUBJUNCTIVE
e.g.
a) my team requires me to complete the project ... no command, so no subjunctive
b) legislation require that citizens switch off lights during blackout in war ... ORDER, so subjunctive ONLY

Open to discussion
Premise: If you like my post
Conclusion : Press the Thanks Button ;)
Top
Join the discussion
Log in to postLogin with Googleuse password
QUOTE IN REPLY
Legendary Member
Posts: 581
Joined: Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:53 amFollowed by: 5 members
Thanked: 52 times

by killer1387 » Mon Apr 30, 2012 4:16 am
Senator Lasker has proposed legislation requiring that employers should retain all older workers indefinitely or show just cause for dismissal.

(A) that employers should retain all older workers
(B) that all older workers be retained by employers
(C) the retaining by employers of all older workers
(D) employers' retention of all older workers
(E) employers to retain all older workers

E is active and is correct subjunctive use. In B the use of words "by employers" renders it wrong. The emphasis is on Employers and hence E is correct.
Top
Join the discussion
Log in to postLogin with Googleuse password
QUOTE IN REPLY
User avatar
GMAT Instructor
Posts: 15539
Joined: Tue May 25, 2010 12:04 pmFollowed by: 1906 members
Location: New York, NY
Thanked: 13060 times
GMAT Score:790

by GMATGuruNY » Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:11 am
vikram4689 wrote:Senator Lasker has proposed legislation requiring that employers should retain all older workers indefinitely or show just cause for dismissal.

(A) that employers should retain all older workers
(B) that all older workers be retained by employers
(C) the retaining by employers of all older workers
(D) employers' retention of all older workers
(E) employers to retain all older workers

Please see DOUBT in spoiler before giving answers
[spoiler]Both B(passive) and E(active) are grammatically correct BUT shouldn't B(subjunctive) be used as meaning of sentence shows command[/spoiler]
B) ...legislation requiring that all older workers...show just cause for dismissal.
The implication here is that OLDER WORKERS are responsible for the dismissals and that they should be required to SHOW JUST CAUSE.
The intended meaning is that the EMPLOYERS are responsible for the dismissals.
Since B does not convey the intended meaning, eliminate B.
Last edited by GMATGuruNY on Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:45 am, edited 1 time in total.
Private tutor exclusively for the GMAT and GRE, with over 20 years of experience.
Followed here and elsewhere by over 1900 test-takers.
I have worked with students based in the US, Australia, Taiwan, China, Tajikistan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia -- a long list of countries.
My students have been admitted to HBS, CBS, Tuck, Yale, Stern, Fuqua -- a long list of top programs.

As a tutor, I don't simply teach you how I would approach problems.
I unlock the best way for YOU to solve problems.

For more information, please email me (Mitch Hunt) at [email protected].
Student Review #1
Student Review #2
Student Review #3
Top
Join the discussion
Log in to postLogin with Googleuse password
QUOTE IN REPLY
User avatar
Legendary Member
Posts: 1325
Joined: Sun Nov 01, 2009 6:24 amFollowed by: 14 members
Thanked: 105 times

by vikram4689 » Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:33 am
B) ...legislation requiring that all older workers be...
This wording implies that ALL OLDER WORKERS are required to BE something. Not so: the legislation is directed not at older workers but at EMPLOYERS.

Does this mean that B is grammatically incorrect ?, in my view B is not wrong but uses passive voice

Please see similar ques where Stuart mentions that "When someone or thing is actually doing the requiring, we use the subjunctive tense "
Premise: If you like my post
Conclusion : Press the Thanks Button ;)
Top
Join the discussion
Log in to postLogin with Googleuse password
QUOTE IN REPLY
User avatar
GMAT Instructor
Posts: 15539
Joined: Tue May 25, 2010 12:04 pmFollowed by: 1906 members
Location: New York, NY
Thanked: 13060 times
GMAT Score:790

by GMATGuruNY » Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:51 am
vikram4689 wrote:
Does this mean that B is grammatically incorrect ?, in my view B is not wrong but uses passive voice

Please see similar ques where Stuart mentions that "When someone or thing is actually doing the requiring, we use the subjunctive tense "
The primary issue here is MEANING.
Please see my amended response above, in which I've fleshed out the reasoning.
Since this SC is from the OG11, the idiom requiring X to Y is an acceptable idiom on the GMAT.

Also:
Whereas the verbs in E -- to retain and [to] show -- are both active and thus parallel, the verbs in B -- be retained (passive) and show (active) -- are not.
Private tutor exclusively for the GMAT and GRE, with over 20 years of experience.
Followed here and elsewhere by over 1900 test-takers.
I have worked with students based in the US, Australia, Taiwan, China, Tajikistan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia -- a long list of countries.
My students have been admitted to HBS, CBS, Tuck, Yale, Stern, Fuqua -- a long list of top programs.

As a tutor, I don't simply teach you how I would approach problems.
I unlock the best way for YOU to solve problems.

For more information, please email me (Mitch Hunt) at [email protected].
Student Review #1
Student Review #2
Student Review #3
Top
Join the discussion
Log in to postLogin with Googleuse password
QUOTE IN REPLY
Post new topic Locked
• Page 1 of 1