Do you speak Russian?

[DanaJ]

Source: Veritas Prep

The Russian government, in response to the actions of an American adoptive mother who sent her adopted son back to Russia, may demand that an American adoptive parent provide his or her child with an environment that preserves the child's Russian language and culture; some argue that such actions could sacrifice children's lives to a phantom national interest.

(A) may demand that an American adoptive parent provide his or her child with an environment that preserves the child's Russian language and culture; some argue that such actions could sacrifice children's lives to a phantom national interest.

(B) may demand an American adoptive parent provide his or her child with an environment that preserves the child's Russian language and culture; some argue that such actions could sacrifice children's lives to a phantom national interest.

(C) may demand that an American adoptive parent provide his or her child with an environment that preserves the child's Russian language and culture, and actions could sacrifice children's lives to a phantom national interest.

(D) may demand that an American adoptive parent provide his or her child with an environment that preserves the child's Russian language and culture; actions that could sacrifice children's lives to a phantom national interest.

(E) may demand that an American adoptive parent provides his or her child with an environment that preserves the child's Russian language and culture; some argue that such actions could sacrifice children's lives to a phantom national interest.

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[sanabk]

E

[pawanagarwal]

I believe answer should be A and not E.
Statement is in subjunctive mood. So is should be like X demand that Y provide something. Not X demand that Y provides something. Comments?

E

[vamsi_567]

IMO E...

Wats the OA?

[marina_v]

Source: Veritas Prep

The Russian government, in response to the actions of an American adoptive mother who sent her adopted son back to Russia, may demand that an American adoptive parent provide his or her child with an environment that preserves the child's Russian language and culture; some argue that such actions could sacrifice children's lives to a phantom national interest.

(A) may demand that an American adoptive parent provide his or her child with an environment that preserves the child's Russian language and culture; some argue that such actions could sacrifice children's lives to a phantom national interest.

I do speak Russian:) A is the answer here, right? Proper subjunctive and ";" separates an independent clause.

[joshi.v123]

The Russian government, in response to the actions of an American adoptive mother who sent her adopted son back to Russia, may demand that an American adoptive parent provide his or her child with an environment that preserves the child’s Russian language and culture; some argue that such actions could sacrifice children's lives to a phantom national interest.

(A) may demand that an American adoptive parent provide his or her child with an environment that preserves the child’s Russian language and culture; some argue that such actions could sacrifice children's lives to a phantom national interest.

(E) may demand that an American adoptive parent provides his or her child with an environment that preserves the child’s Russian language and culture; some argue that such actions could sacrifice children's lives to a phantom national interest.

ans should be E, what is the OA?

[EducationAisle]

At the onset, you are very unlikely to find on GMAT, answer choices, all of which have the same first word (may in this case).

demand takes subjunctive. So, A is the right choice.

B -> misses that after demand unlike a subjunctive, but uses provide like a subjunctive.

C -> meaning issue with ..and actions...

D-> wrong use of semicolon when the latter phrase is an absolute phrase. Comma should have been used instead.

E -> First part starts using subjunctive (that) but latter part (provides) does not conform to subjunctive usage.

[niksworth]

Well, the answer should be A. It is the only option that correctly uses the subjunctive and has a properly constructed independent clause after the semicolon.

A nitpick (and out of GMAT scope): Wouldn't might be a better word than may in this sentence? ( I know that may and might are often used interchangeably, but still one for the purists )

[phoenixhazard]

(A) may demand that an American adoptive parent provide his or her child with an environment that preserves the child's Russian language and culture; some argue that such actions could sacrifice children's lives to a phantom national interest.

IMO A is the correct answer. For me it came down to an American adoptive parent provide his or her child and not provides.

[tomada]

I agree with the folks who chose 'A'. At my first glance, I thought "parent" (singular) should be paired with "provides", but I think "provide" is used differently here and, in this context, is correct.

[ov25]

imo A

[David@VeritasPrep]

OA is A.

The explanations above focusing on the subjunctive are correct.

Solution: The original sentence is grammatically and stylistically acceptable. The subjunctive verb "provide" is required because of the word "demand." Two independent clauses are correctly separated by a semicolon. Answer (B) is incorrect because the clause "an American adoptive parent...." must be introduced by the word "that." Answer (C) is incorrect because the "actions" referred to in this sentence are not as clearly defined as they are in the original sentence. Answer (D) is incorrect because the section after the semicolon is a phrase, not an independent clause. A semicolon cannot be followed by a sentence fragment. Answer (E) is incorrect because a subjunctive very is required after the word "demand." "an American adoptive parent provides" would be correct if it stood alone, but the correct subjunctive verb is "provide."

[mithilesh.vnit85]

The Russian government, in response to the actions of an American adoptive mother who sent her adopted son back to Russia, may demand that an American adoptive parent provide his or her child with an environment that preserves the child's Russian language and culture; some argue that such actions could sacrifice children's lives to a phantom national interest.

(A) may demand that an American adoptive parent provide his or her child with an environment that preserves the child's Russian language and culture; some argue that such actions could sacrifice children's lives to a phantom national interest.
Correct

(B) may demand an American adoptive parent provide his or her child with an environment that preserves the child's Russian language and culture; some argue that such actions could sacrifice children's lives to a phantom national interest.
Given sentence is in subjunctive mood, hence "that" must follow the verb demand.

(C) may demand that an American adoptive parent provide his or her child with an environment that preserves the child's Russian language and culture, and actions could sacrifice children's lives to a phantom national interest.
The Parallel marker And needs both sides to be Parallel. "Preserves the child" not parallel to "Actions could sacrifice..". Further, the meaning is not clear.

(D) may demand that an American adoptive parent provide his or her child with an environment that preserves the child's Russian language and culture; actions that could sacrifice children's lives to a phantom national interest.
Sentence after the semicolon is fragment as it lacks main verb.
(E) may demand that an American adoptive parent provides his or her child with an environment that preserves the child's Russian language and culture; some argue that such actions could sacrifice children's lives to a phantom national interest.
Incorrect use of "Provides". In subjunctive mood we need the infinitive form of the verb without "to". Wrong usage.

[cuty]

At the first glance picked E but Subjunctive point of view eventually i got A

[imonline]

IMO A
satisfied with the explanation