This Sc violates the tense rule????send??

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by dextar » Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:25 am

IRS provision 354-B mandates that an S corporation with assets of greater than $200,000 send W-2 forms to their full- and part-time employees on or before January 31.

1) same
2) an S corporation with assets of greater than $200,000 send W-2 forms to their full- and part-time employees

3) that an S corporation with assets of greater than $200,000 send W-2 forms to its full- and part-time employees

4) an S corporation with assets of greater than $200,000 to send W-2 forms to their full- and part-time employees

5) an S corporation with assets of greater than $200,000 send W-2 forms to its full- and part-time employees

I know here we would choose mandates that . This leaves us with ption 1 and 4. however since corporation is singular here , shoun't we use 'sends' instead of 'send'???

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by jbadvel » Sun Jun 08, 2008 1:37 am

The sentence is in subjunctive mood and hence it should use infinitive form SEND

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by loki.gmat » Sun Jun 08, 2008 1:56 am

please refer manhattun sc for explanations on subjunctive mood.
here r few examples of subjunctive mood from man sc.

1)it is urgent that she sign the permission slip.
2)my advice is that he simple love her for who she is.

in the above two examples, using signs & loves (singular verbs) would be incorrect.

hence IMO C.

Thanks!

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by dextar » Sun Jun 08, 2008 8:20 pm

Hi Thanks for the reply. I almost forgot the subjuctive mood here.

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by poonam197 » Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:00 am

Hey... According to me the answer is option-4...Anyone with a definite authority on SC, please advice on the correct answer...

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by iamcste » Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:09 am

poonam197 wrote:Hey... According to me the answer is option-4...Anyone with a definite authority on SC, please advice on the correct answer...

1. The introductory part is a clause and hence must be introduced by "That"

2. Also, It is subjunctive mood. Hence mandates +that+ infinitive form of the verb with "To"

Inshort, 4 cannot be the answer in any case.

In 4, Plural pronoun "their" can not refer to "Corporation"

we need a singular pronoun "its"

Its 3

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by poonam197 » Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:36 am

Thanks... I know i am asking a silly question, but i require conceptual clarity...

As per the Manhattan SC Book, subjunctive mood is used to express 'hopes, proposals, desires, and requests'...

Why do you say that it is a subjunctive mood... ??

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by iamcste » Tue Nov 25, 2008 9:03 am

poonam197 wrote:Thanks... I know i am asking a silly question, but i require conceptual clarity...

As per the Manhattan SC Book, subjunctive mood is used to express 'hopes, proposals, desires, and requests'...

Why do you say that it is a subjunctive mood... ??

If you want to have conceptual clarity,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subjunctive

Stuff present ibn MG SC is adequate for GMAT

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by shekhar000 » Sat Jan 08, 2011 3:37 am

What is wrong with E.

an S corporation with assets of greater than $200,000 send W-2 forms to its full- and part-time employees

- it uses send and its. Can we not use requires without that?

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by nikeboy2008 » Sat Jan 08, 2011 11:24 am

IMO it's C or E

is "mandate that" an idiom?

A) "Their" modifies corporation - wrong
B) "Their" modifies corporation - wrong
D) "Their" modifies corporation - wrong

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by Jim@Grockit » Sun Jan 09, 2011 8:46 pm

poonam197 wrote:Thanks... I know i am asking a silly question, but i require conceptual clarity...

As per the Manhattan SC Book, subjunctive mood is used to express 'hopes, proposals, desires, and requests'...

Why do you say that it is a subjunctive mood... ??

The subjunctive is also used with some demands/orders. "He demanded that they send him three pizzas."

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by diebeatsthegmat » Sun Jan 09, 2011 10:11 pm

dextar wrote:IRS provision 354-B mandates that an S corporation with assets of greater than $200,000 send W-2 forms to their full- and part-time employees on or before January 31.

1) same
2) an S corporation with assets of greater than $200,000 send W-2 forms to their full- and part-time employees

3) that an S corporation with assets of greater than $200,000 send W-2 forms to its full- and part-time employees

4) an S corporation with assets of greater than $200,000 to send W-2 forms to their full- and part-time employees

5) an S corporation with assets of greater than $200,000 send W-2 forms to its full- and part-time employees

I know here we would choose mandates that . This leaves us with ption 1 and 4. however since corporation is singular here , shoun't we use 'sends' instead of 'send'???

heard that mandates that +S+Vinfinitive is always used in Gmat so choose C

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by ashforgmat » Sat Jan 22, 2011 5:37 am

C it is because of command subjunctive and subject-Verb agreement problem(its,their)with other options

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by chendawg » Sun Jan 23, 2011 10:44 am

What's the source?

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by navami » Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:23 am

OA please..

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