The new regulations mandate that a company allow its retiring employee

The new regulations mandate that a company allows their retiring employees who would otherwise lose group health care coverage to continue the same insurance at their own expense for a specific period.
A) that a company allows their retiring employees who would otherwise lose group health care coverage to continue
(B) companies to allow their retiring employees who would otherwise lose group health care coverage that they can continue
(C) that a company allow its retiring employees who would otherwise lose group health care coverage to continue
(D) companies allowing a retiring employee whose group health care coverage would otherwise be lost the continuation of
(E) companies to allow a retiring employee whose group health care coverage would otherwise be lost the continuation of

C.

A/B refer companies as their , should be its
D/E "coverage would otherwise be lost the continuation" of is awkward and incorrect.

yes company is one and the retiring employee should belong to it; therefore E is out since it does not associate retiring employee to the company.

I got to say that option in A is having "A company allows" which is actually correct since allows is a singular verb.
Looking at option C it says that "A company allow " here allow is not a singular verb since this statement refers to "A company "

How would we come to a conclusion regarding this other than deciding "their" and "its" in these statements.
I chose A......
Can anyone give me reasons now to evaluate this argument..Will be most helpful since i am taking gmat on sep5.

subjunctive mood and I think mandate should be followed by "that"

Is there a grammar rule that makes "allows" here to be "allow" following mandate? Normally, option A should be correct. So, I am guessing that mandate to allow is somehow a grammar exception. Any ideas?

"Demand" is a subjunctive verb.
Look for "subjunctive verbs + gmat" on google, and you will find the answer

This is the OA for a particular question:

The new regulations mandate that a company allow its retiring employees who would otherwise lose group health care coverage to continue the same insurance at their own expense for a specific period.

So the correct pattern can be: 1. X mandate that a company allow Y.

My doubt is, why do we use 'allow' and not 'allows'?

Because if I were to use recommend instead, which is another bossy verb, I would have, say,

2. I recommend that a company allow Y.
or
3. I recommend that Tom go to school.

This does not flow easily on my tongue. Are 1, 2 & 3 really correct usages of bare infinitives?

(sorry, this is a question from the Manhattan Review pdf, not the GMAT paper tests).

Hi AjayendraSingh ,

Yes, these are called subjunctive verbs. They take plural verb after that, no matter the nature of the subject.

You can read more about these verbs here:

https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/gmat-gram ... ive-tense/

Meaning: The new regulation has made it mandatory for a company to allow its retiring employees, who would otherwise lose group health care coverage, to continue the same insurance at their own expense for a specific period.

Error: The original sentence uses Subjunctive verb mandate and requires 'bossy word + that + subject + subjunctive verb' sentence construction. Hence, plural verb allow should be used instead of singular verb allows.

Answer: C

In later part of the statement it says insurance at "THEIR". So doesn't it refers to the companies. In option B the statement starts with companies whereas in option c it's that a company. Can you explain and clear my doubt?

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Agreed Kinshuk. Hence, C is a better choice.

how can C be correct? A company is singular so it should be allows? can you please explain.

Hi Aanshi, this is a very typical construct, called subjunctive.

For example, (believe it or not) I would say:

I suggest that Anshi read subjunctive for GMAT:)

p.s. Our book EducationAisle Sentence Correction Nirvana discusses subjunctive, its application and examples in significant detail. If you or someone is interested, PM me your email-id; I can mail the corresponding section.

You can also check out this post: Subjunctive Rules and List of Verbs. Let us know if you still have questions!

"that a company allow" is the correct expression when using mandate(subjunctive).
C is the correct answer.

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I am pretty sure that subjunctive mood doesn't have to have "that"!!!

Therefore, it is totally fine not to have "that" like B, D, E for this problem (this is the case for "mandate", it might be different for other bossy verbs). However, the reasons why B, D, E are wrong are:

Choice B: "that they can continue..." is an independent clause and cannot follow a noun!! For example, it is correct to say: I like the girl that dresses in pink. Notice that, girl (noun) is followed by "that" and "dresses in pink" (not an independent clause). Therefore, B wrong.

D and E simply change meaning. The intended meaning is that all retiring employees continue their coverage, but D and E change the meaning by saying only one employee needs it. Therefore, D and E are out.

"mandate" must be followed with "that". for subjuntive usage