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by mundasingh123 » Wed Nov 24, 2010 10:34 pm
Q. It is advisable that she focus on the courses that are giving her the most difficulty but still to not neglect her other classes.

A. focus on the courses that are giving her the most difficulty but still to not neglect
B. focuses on the courses that are giving her the most difficulty but that she still not neglect
C. focus on the courses that are giving her the most difficulty but that she still not neglect
D. focuses on the courses that are giving her the most difficulty but that she still does not neglect
E. focuses on the courses that are giving her the most difficulty but still not to neglect

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by shovan85 » Wed Nov 24, 2010 11:09 pm
mundasingh123 wrote:Q. It is advisable that she focus on the courses that are giving her the most difficulty but still to not neglect her other classes.

A. focus on the courses that are giving her the most difficulty but still to not neglect
B. focuses on the courses that are giving her the most difficulty but that she still not neglect
C. focus on the courses that are giving her the most difficulty but that she still not neglect
D. focuses on the courses that are giving her the most difficulty but that she still does not neglect
E. focuses on the courses that are giving her the most difficulty but still not to neglect

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IMO D

Advisable is not a BOSSY verb. So here Subjunctive Mood will not come to Picture.
Discard A and C.

Among B, D, and E: focuses should be parallel to the VERB that appears after BUT THAT...

Only D has "DOES" which is parallel to "FOCUSES" .
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by mundasingh123 » Wed Nov 24, 2010 11:17 pm
shovan85 wrote:
mundasingh123 wrote:Q. It is advisable that she focus on the courses that are giving her the
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IMO D

Advisable is not a BOSSY verb. So here Subjunctive Mood will not come to Picture.
Discard A and C.

Among B, D, and E: focuses should be parallel to the VERB that appears after BUT THAT...

Only D has "DOES" which is parallel to "FOCUSES" .
That Pete do the maths question is advisable
That pete does the maths question is advisable.
Which 1 do u think is right?
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by shovan85 » Thu Nov 25, 2010 12:39 am
mundasingh123 wrote: That Pete do the maths question is advisable
That pete does the maths question is advisable.
Which 1 do u think is right?
For me 2 is correct.

IF the first line were "That Pete do the maths question is REQUIRED" would have been correct in terms of Subjunctive Form.

What is OA for the SC question?

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by Deepthi Subbu » Thu Nov 25, 2010 6:19 am
I go with C as advise clearly expresses Subjunctive mood .

What is the OA?
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by EducationAisle » Thu Nov 25, 2010 7:35 am
That's correct; C should be the answer.

D clearly does not use Subjunctive, which is not so much an error by itself (in this case), except that the sentence in such a case should have been:

It is advisable that she should focus on the courses that are giving her the most difficulty but that she should still not neglect her other classes. (or something along those lines).
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