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SC: Several financial officers of the company spoke

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roller0081
 Post subject: SC: Several financial officers of the company spoke
 Post Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 1:03 pm 
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I came across this problem in GMATprep Practice Test 2:

Several financial officers of the company spoke on condition that they not be named in the press reports.

A. that they not be named
B. that their names will not be used
C. that their names are not used
D. of not having their names
E. of not naming them

I chose D because I thought D is perfect. I just thought A looks strange.
Does A use Subjunctive Mood? Do we have to use subjunctive mood in the clause "on condition that..."?

Many thanks,
Daisy
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george.kourdin
 Post subject: Re: SC: Several financial officers of the company spoke
 Post Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 11:24 pm 
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i got this wrong, but in hindsight, i think A is right because of subjunctive
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RonPurewal
 Post subject: Re: SC: Several financial officers of the company spoke
 Post Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 5:08 am 
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roller0081 wrote:
I just thought A looks strange.


it may sound strange -- the english subjunctive is not often heard in spoken language -- but it's a correct construction. if you read lots of formal english, you'll become more accustomed to seeing it.

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Does A use Subjunctive Mood? Do we have to use subjunctive mood in the clause "on condition that..."?


yes and yes.
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sabharwal.bhavna
 Post subject: Re: SC: Several financial officers of the company spoke
 Post Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 1:48 pm 
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I agree that the usage of subjunctive mood in A is correct. However, I felt that option B provides clear and unambiguous meaning. Why is the choice B not correct?
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RonPurewal
 Post subject: Re: SC: Several financial officers of the company spoke
 Post Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 5:38 am 
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sabharwal.bhavna wrote:
I agree that the usage of subjunctive mood in A is correct. However, I felt that option B provides clear and unambiguous meaning. Why is the choice B not correct?


see the post directly above yours. last part of the post.
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