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outght to be && subjunctive mood.

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 Post subject: outght to be && subjunctive mood.
 Post Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 3:03 am 
Renowned economist Susan Albernaght once stated,
as an illustration of opportunity cost, that a company
that earned a return lower than the interest rate on a
savings account ought to be liquidated and the
proceeds distributed to the shareholders.

that a company that earned a return lower than
the interest rate on a savings account ought
to be

that a company, earning a return lower that
the interest on a savings account, should be

that a company which earned returns lower than
savings account interest rates ought to be

a company that was earning a lower return
than a savings account was

a company earning a return lower than that of
a savings account should be


OA is A. i agree that A is better. Is "A" really following the rules of parallelism and subjunctive mood ?

Note: the question is from Princeton.
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StaceyKoprince
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 Post Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 4:48 pm 
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I'm sorry it has taken us so long to get to your question.

Can you elaborate on your question? What part of A do you think should be parallel? And where do you think the sentence should use subjunctive mood?

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