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According to legal experts, doctors require that a minimum [#permalink] New post   07 Jan 2013, 20:28
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According to legal experts, doctors require that a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage be purchased to protect against the most common types of medical lawsuits.

(A) require that a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage be purchased to be protected
(B) require that there be a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage to be protected
(C) require that there be a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage
(D) require a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage for the protection
(E) require a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage to be protected
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Re: According to legal experts [#permalink] New post   07 Jan 2013, 22:18
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According to legal experts, doctors require that a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage be purchased to protect against the most common types of medical lawsuits.

(A) require that a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage be purchased to be protected
(B) require that there be a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage to be protected
(C) require that there be a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage
(D) require a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage for the protection
(E) require a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage to be protected


Correct constructions of require are:
1) require that X Y
2) require X to Y
Almost everything is correct in A, but the "to be protected" destroys everything. It should rather be " to protect".
B and C are unidiomatic. C distorts the meaning too.
D is again unidiomatic.
E follows the rules and hence is the answer.
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Re: According to legal experts, doctors require that a minimum [#permalink] New post   11 Dec 2013, 00:36
HI, Can someone help me with the command subjunctive of this SC.

When i was solving the question, option A was a little different from the one mentioned above(there was no to be protected in option a) ..

According to legal experts, doctors require that a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage be purchased to protect against the most common types of medical lawsuits.

a)require that a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage be purchased to protect
b)require that there be a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage to be protected
c)require that there be a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage
d)require a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage for the protection
e)require a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage to be protected


Can someone help me here with why option A is wrong ? OA is the same.
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Re: According to legal experts, doctors require that a minimum [#permalink] New post   11 Dec 2013, 06:00
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HI, Can someone help me with the command subjunctive of this SC.

When i was solving the question, option A was a little different from the one mentioned above(there was no to be protected in option a) ..

According to legal experts, doctors require that a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage be purchased to protect against the most common types of medical lawsuits.

a)require that a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage be purchased to protect
b)require that there be a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage to be protected
c)require that there be a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage
d)require a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage for the protection
e)require a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage to be protected


Can someone help me here with why option A is wrong ? OA is the same.


The difference between answers A and E is that the first includes the active verb form "to protect" at the end of the underlined part whereas answer E uses the passive form "to be protected." We need to use the passive because this part of the clause does not include the information who should be protected. If we use the active form, we need an object. In choice E we can see that it is "doctors" who require a minimum ... to be protected."
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Re: According to legal experts, doctors require that a minimum [#permalink] New post   30 May 2018, 23:59
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According to legal experts, doctors require that a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage be purchased to protect against the most common types of medical lawsuits.

(A) require that a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage be purchased to be protected
(B) require that there be a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage to be protected
(C) require that there be a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage
(D) require a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage for the protection
(E) require a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage to be protected


I think both A and E are grammatically correct. But, considering the mood of the sentence, I think E is the correct choice, since the sentence is just conveying an opinion, NOT anything like suggestion,command or recommendation etc., evincing the subjunctive mood.
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Re: According to legal experts, doctors require that a minimum [#permalink] New post   21 Jul 2018, 21:16
@abhimahna,@gmatNinja,@souvik101990,
Can you explain the use of for the protection vs to be protected.FOr to be protected does that not mean the coverage amount is ptotected and now the doctors.Please help in understanding this
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Re: According to legal experts, doctors require that a minimum [#permalink] New post   24 Jul 2019, 21:22
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priyankakhosla wrote:
HI, Can someone help me with the command subjunctive of this SC.

When i was solving the question, option A was a little different from the one mentioned above(there was no to be protected in option a) ..

According to legal experts, doctors require that a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage be purchased to protect against the most common types of medical lawsuits.

a)require that a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage be purchased to protect
b)require that there be a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage to be protected
c)require that there be a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage
d)require a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage for the protection
e)require a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage to be protected


Can someone help me here with why option A is wrong ? OA is the same.


The difference between answers A and E is that the first includes the active verb form "to protect" at the end of the underlined part whereas answer E uses the passive form "to be protected." We need to use the passive because this part of the clause does not include the information who should be protected. If we use the active form, we need an object. In choice E we can see that it is "doctors" who require a minimum ... to be protected."


But the non underlined portion already has an object. I think the difference is because of the purchased bit.
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Re: According to legal experts, doctors require that a minimum [#permalink] New post   03 Apr 2021, 02:14
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Can someone please explain why option A is wrong?
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According to legal experts, doctors require that a minimum [#permalink] New post   12 Jun 2021, 04:36
PrashantPonde wrote:
According to legal experts, doctors require that a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage be purchased to protect against the most common types of medical lawsuits.

(A) require that a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage be purchased to be protected
(B) require that there be a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage to be protected
(C) require that there be a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage
(D) require a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage for the protection
(E) require a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage to be protected


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Also i want to know if the version mentioned in the option a is correct?
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Re: According to legal experts, doctors require that a minimum [#permalink] New post   19 Mar 2023, 21:47
KarishmaB can you explain the difference between option A and E ?
still not clear why option A is not correct
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Re: According to legal experts, doctors require that a minimum [#permalink] New post   20 Mar 2023, 05:24
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According to legal experts, doctors require that a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage be purchased to protect against the most common types of medical lawsuits.

(A) require that a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage be purchased to be protected
(B) require that there be a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage to be protected
(C) require that there be a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage
(D) require a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage for the protection
(E) require a minimum of $250,000 in malpractice coverage to be protected



(A) Doctors require that $250k in malpractice coverage be purchased to protect ...
(Who is purchasing? Don't know. Who is getting protected? Don't know)
This is similar to:
Doctors require that $250k insurance be purchased by all their patients (This is what the doctors require the patients to do)
It could be something they require someone else to do. The rest of the sentence talks about medical lawsuits so we know that we are talking about giving protection to doctors and doctors purchasing this coverage. So the sentence has to be framed to reflect that.

(E) Doctors require $250k in malpractice coverage to be protected ...
Doctors are the ones who require this coverage. Why do they require it? to be protected - so that they are protected - passive
This all makes sense now.

Answer (E)
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Re: According to legal experts, doctors require that a minimum [#permalink] New post   31 Aug 2023, 02:23
A is a trap. Doctors require/need the coverage, not that doctors are requiring everyone else to get the coverage. Hence, we don't need a command subjunctive.

That's understood. Why is option D wrong? What's the exact idiom? Can anybody comment...
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Re: According to legal experts, doctors require that a minimum [#permalink] New post   01 Sep 2023, 02:29
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A is a trap. Doctors require/need the coverage, not that doctors are requiring everyone else to get the coverage. Hence, we don't need a command subjunctive.

That's understood. Why is option D wrong? What's the exact idiom? Can anybody comment...


When we use the noun form - 'protection' - we lose the link to the receiver of the action. Who is to be protected?

We want to say that doctors require 250k in malpractice coverage to be protected against lawsuits. Doctors require this money so that they are protected.

But when we say doctors require 250k for protection against lawsuits, who are they trying to protect? Themselves? Their staff? Their children?
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