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Municipalities have begun demanding that private developers pay an increased share of the costs of expanding the current road networks, sewer systems, and other public services to accommodate new development projects.

> > > (A) demanding that private developers pay an increased share of the costs of expanding
> > > (B) demanding private developers to pay for an increased share of the costs of expanding
> > > (C) demanding payment by private developers for an increased share of the costs of expanding
> > > (D) to demand that private developers pay for an increased share of the costs to expand
> > > (E) to demand that private developers should pay an increased share of the costs to expand


I had a tough decision between A and B..I think A is right
But in the case of (B), isnt the idiom require X to do Y, right? (the only reason why i think B is incorrect is because i think "to pay for" is not right)
In the case of subjunctives, "demanding that X..." and "demanding X to do .." both right?

i think the correct form here is "to demand that"................

IMO answer should be D

No the OA is A

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I was also stuck between A and D and, to be honest, didn't think either of them was good enough to be the right answer on the actual GMAT.

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its a prep question

well.i believe in option D;.."pay for an increase" changes the meaning as the correct is pay an inrease........

I feel the answer is D .. the paralllel structure..
costs to expand and services to accommodate
isnt correct ..
please explain

jamesk486 wrote:Municipalities have begun demanding that private developers pay an increased share of the costs of expanding the current road networks, sewer systems, and other public services to accommodate new development projects.

> > > (A) demanding that private developers pay an increased share of the costs of expanding
> > > (B) demanding private developers to pay for an increased share of the costs of expanding
> > > (C) demanding payment by private developers for an increased share of the costs of expanding
> > > (D) to demand that private developers pay for an increased share of the costs to expand
> > > (E) to demand that private developers should pay an increased share of the costs to expand


I had a tough decision between A and B..I think A is right
But in the case of (B), isnt the idiom require X to do Y, right? (the only reason why i think B is incorrect is because i think "to pay for" is not right)
In the case of subjunctives, "demanding that X..." and "demanding X to do .." both right?

answer is A.

In D, 'the costs' is not defined. Must use 'the costs of' like in A

can the "bossy verb" of the "Command Subjunctive" have an "ing - ending"??

"demanding" that private developers pay?

D: needs to maintain parallelism ..to expand ....to accomodate

agree with stuart. the answer on official gmat would have been d. let's try to be as similar to tone and style of real thing.

jamesk486 wrote:Municipalities have begun demanding that private developers pay an increased share of the costs of expanding the current road networks, sewer systems, and other public services to accommodate new development projects.

> > > (A) demanding that private developers pay an increased share of the costs of expanding
> > > (B) demanding private developers to pay for an increased share of the costs of expanding
> > > (C) demanding payment by private developers for an increased share of the costs of expanding
> > > (D) to demand that private developers pay for an increased share of the costs to expand
> > > (E) to demand that private developers should pay an increased share of the costs to expand


I had a tough decision between A and B..I think A is right
But in the case of (B), isnt the idiom require X to do Y, right? (the only reason why i think B is incorrect is because i think "to pay for" is not right)
In the case of subjunctives, "demanding that X..." and "demanding X to do .." both right?

Choose A

demanding in "A" reads more concise than to demand in "D" -- both meaning the same thing, same tense. Cost of expanding in "A" looks more idiomatic and correct than costs to expand in "D".

Shouldn't it be "pay" and not "pay for" here. You "pay" your bills, cost, etc. You "pay for" a service, a sandwich, any benefit by "paying" its cost. Just wondering. I would have'd gone for A as it has both "demanding that" (I guess "demand that" would have been OK too) and "pay".