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A turning point in United States labor history was reached when most of the nation's air traffic controllers supported their union's strike and ignored President Reagan's demand that they go back to work.
a) that they go back to work
b) that these people go back to work
c) for them to go back to work
d) that they would go back to work
e) they should go back to work
a) that they go back to work
b) that these people go back to work
c) for them to go back to work
d) that they would go back to work
e) they should go back to work
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Need help with this questions-
A turning point in United States labor history was reached when most of the nation's air traffic controllers supported their union's strike and ignored President Reagan's demand that they go back to work.
a) that they go back to work
b) that these people go back to work
c) for them to go back to work
d) that they would go back to work
e) they should go back to work
A turning point in United States labor history was reached when most of the nation's air traffic controllers supported their union's strike and ignored President Reagan's demand that they go back to work.
a) that they go back to work
b) that these people go back to work
c) for them to go back to work
d) that they would go back to work
e) they should go back to work
It doesn't look like an official question. This is testing subjunctive verb. Bossy words like demand, order, mandate, etc. are followed by "That" + subjunctive verb. In these questions should, would, etc. are incorrect to use. errors in red. please read up more on the forum on usage of subjunctive verbs.
a) that they go back to work - CORRECT
b) that these people go back to work - 'these people' doesn't make sense here if you focus on meaning and overall sentence structure
c) for them to go back to work - demand should be followed by "That + subjunctive verb"
d) that they would go back to work
e) they should go back to work
Updated on: 18 May 2019, 02:23
Originally posted by MahmoudFawzy on 18 May 2019, 02:15.
Last edited by MahmoudFawzy on 18 May 2019, 02:23, edited 1 time in total.
Last edited by MahmoudFawzy on 18 May 2019, 02:23, edited 1 time in total.
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The key for this question is the subjunctive mood rule.
After certain verbs and adjectives that indicate one person want another person to do something, there are two valid grammatical forms:
1) (verb/adjective) + that + subject + verb in infinitive --> (demand that HE go)
2) (verb/adjective) + objective pronoun (with verbs only) + to + verb in infinitive --> (demand him to go)
list of verbs includes: advise, command, request, ask, suggest, urge, propose, order, demand, recommend, insist, ...
list of adjectives includes: necessary, urgent, important, obligatory, imperative, mandatory, ...
Back to our question,
a) that they go back to work --> correct : note that "GO" is not following the subject verb agreement with "they", but it is in infinitive form
b) that these people go back to work --> redundant, adds ambiguity "who are these people?".
c) for them to go back to work --> adding "for" makes it incorrect.
d) that they would go back to work --> putting "would" in the middle makes it incorrect.
e) they should go back to work --> omitting "that" and putting "should" in the middle makes it incorrect.
After certain verbs and adjectives that indicate one person want another person to do something, there are two valid grammatical forms:
1) (verb/adjective) + that + subject + verb in infinitive --> (demand that HE go)
2) (verb/adjective) + objective pronoun (with verbs only) + to + verb in infinitive --> (demand him to go)
list of verbs includes: advise, command, request, ask, suggest, urge, propose, order, demand, recommend, insist, ...
list of adjectives includes: necessary, urgent, important, obligatory, imperative, mandatory, ...
Back to our question,
a) that they go back to work --> correct : note that "GO" is not following the subject verb agreement with "they", but it is in infinitive form
b) that these people go back to work --> redundant, adds ambiguity "who are these people?".
c) for them to go back to work --> adding "for" makes it incorrect.
d) that they would go back to work --> putting "would" in the middle makes it incorrect.
e) they should go back to work --> omitting "that" and putting "should" in the middle makes it incorrect.
