Sentence Correction

Guys!

I agree A is subjunctive mood. But....

What is wrong with E?

What's wrong with C?
The officers spoke (past tense). At the time the condition was made, it would have been future tense. However, the condition exists now (after officers spoke), so it should be present tense ("are" instead of "will", ruling out B). Also, the officers don't want their names printed (or used), so "names" is a better as a noun than a verb "be named".
Anbody agree with this?

ektamatta wrote:Several financial officers of the company spoke on condition that they not be named in
the press reports.
A. that they not be named
B. that their names will not be used
C. that their names are not used
D. of not having their names
E. of not naming them

as per choice a, it appears to me that financial officers will be given new name in the press conference, and thus option doesn't make sense

b: better to use the present tense.
c: perfectly ok

d: fo s are definitely having names, rather they want their names not be quoted
e: choice speaks about giving new name or something like that

Several financial officers of the company spoke on condition that they not be named in the press reports.
A. that they not be named
B. that their names will not be used
C. that their names are not used
D. of not having their names
E. of not naming them

Condition>>Subjunctive reqd>>use "that".
Eliminate D,E

I think we can eliminate C on the grounds that the press reports will happen in the future..C uses present tense..

Explanations for A and B please!!

Oa is [spoiler][spoiler=]A[/spoiler][/spoiler]

this is from OG10

very hard for me

anyway I try to explain

"of not..." is not idiomatic

"will..." is wrong because there is no future here

"not be named..." mean "not spoken about" so meaning is wrong although subjuctive use is right.

C is left.

gmat expert, ple help us

huh lot of discussion, no expert yet chipin...I think its a good candidate for subjunctive ...and so option A make sense, w/o that it is really hard to cross several options.

Let us presume you did not know this is subjunctive use then also there are other clues to help you.

"named in the press reports" is less ambiguos than "used in the press reports" (used to create the reports? used to bind the reports?).

This eliminates B and C

"Condition of X" will hold true is X is a noun and not a phrase such as "condition of anonymity" or "condition of the house" etc.

"Condition that X" however can be used when X is a pharse or rather in the event of X happening only then......

Hope this helps,

Arun