congress debating a bill

[gmataug08]

Congress is debating a bill requiring certain employers provide workers with unpaid leave so as to care for sick or newborn children.

Options :
A : provide workers with unpaid leave so as to
B : to provide workers with unpaid leave so as to
C : provide workers with unpaid leave in order that they
D : to provide workers with unpaid leave so that they can
E : provide workers with unpaid leave and

my choice was B , but OA : E

isn't 'they' in the OA is confusing?

[dmateer25]

Are you sure the OA is E?

I think D is correct.


The verb form should be the infinitive "to provide".

So we can eliminate A,C, and E.

In b so as to is incorrect. Therefore, I choose D.

[orel]

I thought OA is A...

If E is correct, will the sentence be parallel?

[schumi_gmat]

A : provide workers with unpaid leave so as to --wrong usage
B : to provide workers with unpaid leave so as to
C : provide workers with unpaid leave in order that they -- Ambiguous
D : to provide workers with unpaid leave so that they can ---correct idiom is so X that Y
E : provide workers with unpaid leave and


Provide is parallel to care

Hence E.

[gmataug08]

sorry, the OA was D .

I eliminated D as 'they' can point to employers or workers. But B doesn't confuse.

[gmataug08]

A : provide workers with unpaid leave so as to --wrong usage
B : to provide workers with unpaid leave so as to
C : provide workers with unpaid leave in order that they -- Ambiguous
D : to provide workers with unpaid leave so that they can ---correct idiom is so X that Y
E : provide workers with unpaid leave and


Provide is parallel to care

Hence E.

doesn't E mean that the employers should provide unpaid leave to workers and care for children too.

[acecoolan]

sorry, the OA was D .

I eliminated D as 'they' can point to employers or workers. But B doesn't confuse.

I think I would pick 'D' as well since that seems to be the lesser of all evils.
To ur point I think even 'B' could be ambiguous as to who would care for the children. In that sense 'D' is better.

As for the other options, I think 'requiring x to do this' is the correct idiom and thats only true with 'B' and 'D'

[ronniecoleman]

Congress is debating a bill requiring certain employers provide workers with unpaid leave so as to care for sick or newborn children.

Options :
A : provide workers with unpaid leave so as to
Correct idiom: requiring X to do Y

B : to provide workers with unpaid leave so as to
so as to -- incorrect idiom...

C : provide workers with unpaid leave in order that they
Correct idiom: requiring X to do Y


D : to provide workers with unpaid leave so that they can

bingo....Correct

E : provide workers with unpaid leave and

Correct idiom: requiring X to do Y[/b]

[shafeek]

Regarding D, how can we assume that they refers to workers? It could refer to employers or Congress.

[nervesofsteel]

Isn't it a subjunctive clause.. REQUIRING..

Then we should not use a TO in front of provide...

IMO A is correct...


Can some one throw some more light on the answer

[nervesofsteel]

also D in having a pronoun reference problem for sure

[duke]

Congress is debating a bill requiring certain employers provide workers with unpaid leave so as to care for sick or newborn children.

Options :
A : provide workers with unpaid leave so as to
B : to provide workers with unpaid leave so as to
C : provide workers with unpaid leave in order that they
D : to provide workers with unpaid leave so that they can --> Correct
E : provide workers with unpaid leave and

my choice was B , but OA : E

isn't 'they' in the OA is confusing?

Require A TO B. So A, C, and E are wrong. Only B and D are left. "so as to"...is not a correct usage though grammatically it can be used in normal english. But I saw that in GMAT we don't use 'so as to'...I would be happy to see any correct answer that has 'so as to' in the underlined part.
Here 'they' clearly referrs to the 'workers' since the workers only care for sick or newborn children. So, I went for D.

[rohangupta83]

Isn't it a subjunctive clause.. REQUIRING..

Then we should not use a TO in front of provide...

IMO A is correct...


Can some one throw some more light on the answer

If it were "require that" subjunctive clause would be in order.

[rohangupta83]

also D in having a pronoun reference problem for sure

I do agree with you here.