ash82 wrote:
1. One of Arthur Jessop’s first acts as president of the FHA was to deny a request from the private sector that federal home loan programs should be expanded to cover houses not conforming to civil construction codes.
(A) should be expanded to cover houses not conforming to
(B) be expanded to cover houses not conforming to
(C) should be expand to cover houses not conforming with
(D) would have been expanded to cover houses not conforming to
(E) had to be expanded to cover houses not conforming with
2. One of Ronald Reagan’s first acts as President was to rescind President Carter’s directive that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to other countries.
(A) that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to other countries
(B) that any chemical be prohibited from sale to other countries that was banned on medical grounds in the United States
(C) prohibiting the sale to other countries of any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States
(D) prohibiting that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States is sold to other countries
(E) that any chemical banned in the United States on medical grounds is prohibited from being sold to other countries
I got both the above questions wrong
and for the wrong reasons...I say this because had I used my logic other way I would have got both right.
Explain the answers and why.... and will be good to know the subtle difference between these two question.
OA to follow.
Verbs such as demand, request, require, ask, suggest, recommend, insist, propose, when followed by THAT SUBJECT VERB should be in the subjunctive mood, which is the bare infinitive (without to).
Examples: I ask that you be here on time (though we could also say I ask you to be on time)
He insisted that the money be taken from his account (note how 'He insisted that the money was taken from his account has a different meaning - insist-assert forcefully)
I request that you
not smoke here.
The subjunctive mood is also used with the nouns formed from the above verbs, as well as other nouns ´'directive/mandate/ that. Her recommendation that the plant
be closed seems wise.
Also note that many verbs CANNOT use the subjunctive. Don't say 'I persuaded that she see a doctor', but rather ....her to see...
You might think that A is correct in Q2, but 'prohibited from sale' is unidiomatic, whereas prohibit the sale is OK.
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