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akshayanand
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Example 1: Senator Lasker has proposed legislation requiring that employers should retain all older workers.
(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
OA: E
Basically the confusion is between choice B and E. "B" uses the subjunctive mood triggered by require whereas "E" uses the idiom require X to Y. What would be the correct usage of require in the above case ?
Example 2: Legislation in the Canadian province of Ontario requires of both public and private employers that pay be the same for jobs historically held by women as for jobs requiring comparable skill that are usually held by men.
(A) that pay be the same for jobs historically held by women as for jobs requiring comparable skill that are
(B) to pay the same for jobs historically held by women as for jobs of comparable skill that are
OA: A
Similarly here option A is correct which is in subjunctive mood whereas B uses the idiom require X to Y.
My question is do we prefer idiom to subjunctive mood or depends on case-to-case. Thanks
(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
OA: E
Basically the confusion is between choice B and E. "B" uses the subjunctive mood triggered by require whereas "E" uses the idiom require X to Y. What would be the correct usage of require in the above case ?
Example 2: Legislation in the Canadian province of Ontario requires of both public and private employers that pay be the same for jobs historically held by women as for jobs requiring comparable skill that are usually held by men.
(A) that pay be the same for jobs historically held by women as for jobs requiring comparable skill that are
(B) to pay the same for jobs historically held by women as for jobs of comparable skill that are
OA: A
Similarly here option A is correct which is in subjunctive mood whereas B uses the idiom require X to Y.
My question is do we prefer idiom to subjunctive mood or depends on case-to-case. Thanks
