Coca-Cola

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Coca-Cola

by rohit9359 » Sun Mar 01, 2009 3:38 am
Q.In one of the most stunning reversals in the history of marketing, the Coca-Cola company in July 1985 yielded to thousands of irate consumers demanding that it should bring back the original Coke formula.
(A) demanding that it should
(B) demanding it to
(C) and their demand to
(D) who demanded that it
(E) who demanded it to

The OA is [spoiler](C)[/spoiler]. What`s wrong with [spoiler](A)[/spoiler]?

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Re: Coca-Cola

by piyush_nitt » Sun Mar 01, 2009 4:07 am
rohit9359 wrote:Q.In one of the most stunning reversals in the history of marketing, the Coca-Cola company in July 1985 yielded to thousands of irate consumers demanding that it should bring back the original Coke formula.
(A) demanding that it should
(B) demanding it to
(C) and their demand to
(D) who demanded that it
(E) who demanded it to

The OA is [spoiler](C)[/spoiler]. What`s wrong with [spoiler](A)[/spoiler]?

Thanks,
Rohit.
OA is D

OG Verbal Review : Q55

demand that is a correct idiom

Event happened in the past . Demanded is a correct usage

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by bmlaud » Sun Mar 01, 2009 7:44 am
It should be D

Subjunctive mood demanded + that + normal form of verb- bring
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