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After the contractual dispute between the organizations had been resolved, the junior manager who proposed that they turn to professional mediation and saved her organization millions of dollars was promoted and received a bonus.

A. they turn to professional mediation and saved

B. they turned to professional mediation and saved

C. they turn to professional mediation and save

D. the organizations turn to professional mediation and save

E. the organizations turned to professional mediation and saved
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After the contractual dispute between the organizations had been resolved, the junior manager who proposed that they turn to professional mediation and saved her organization millions of dollars was promoted and received a bonus.

A. they turn to professional mediation and saved

The verb turn follows proposed that, to which the Subjunctive rule applies, and therefore should be in the base form. The verb saved, however, relates to an action made by the junior manager rather than what she proposed and is therefore not affected by the Subjunctive rule.


B. they turned to professional mediation and saved

This answer choice is grammatically incorrect. Propose is one of the nine verbs to which the Subjunctive rule applies (if it is followed by that). This means that the next verb after proposed that should be in base form. However, turned is not in base form.

What helps us identify this question as a Subjunctive question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign:

    propose/recommend/require/request/insist/suggest/mandate/ask/demand that

Whenever you come across this Stop Sign, make sure that the following verb is in its base form.


C. they turn to professional mediation and save

This answer choice changes the meaning of the original sentence. Changing the verb saved to save turns it from an action made by the junior manager (not Subjunctive), to an action she suggested the organizations take (Subjunctive), i.e., the organizations should turn and save.


D. the organizations turn to professional mediation and save

This answer choice is stylistically flawed - redundant. The pronoun they is a more concise way of referring to the organizations. Since there are no other plural nouns except the organizations to which they may refer, it is not ambiguous.

This answer choice also changes the meaning of the original sentence. Changing the verb saved to save turns it from an action made by the junior manager (not Subjunctive), to an action she suggested the organizations take (Subjunctive), i.e., the organizations should turn and save.


E. the organizations turned to professional mediation and saved

This answer choice is grammatically incorrect. Propose is one of the nine verbs to which the Subjunctive rule applies (if it is followed by that). This means that the next verb after proposed that should be in base form. However, turned is not in base form.

What helps us identify this question as a Subjunctive question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign:

propose/recommend/require/request/insist/suggest/mandate/ask/demand that

Whenever you come across this Stop Sign, make sure that the following verb is in its base form.

Furthermore, this answer choice is redundant. The pronoun they is a more concise way of referring to the organizations. Since there are no other plural nouns except the organizations to which they may refer, it is not ambiguous.
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