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Although the human resource manager agreed to an abbreviated holiday schedule, he said that it must be posted on the corporate web site so that both management and labor will know what everyone is assigned to do.

(A) he said that it must be posted on the corporate web site so that both management and labor will know what everyone is
(B) he said it had to be posted on the corporate web site so that both management and labor knows what everyone is
(C) he said that they would have to post the assignments on the corporate web site so that management and labor knew what everyone was
(D) he said that the schedule would have to be posted on the corporate web site so that both management and labor would know what everyone was
(E) saying that the schedule had to be posted on the corporate web site so that both management and labor would know what everyone had been


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I chose D, but it is incorrect. Please tell me why. :roll:



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Although the human resource manager agreed to an abbreviated holiday schedule, he said that it must be posted on the corporate web site so that both management and labor will know what everyone is assigned to do.

(A) he said that it must be posted on the corporate web site so that both management and labor will know what everyone is
->CORRECT
(B) he said it had to be posted on the corporate web site so that both management and labor knows what everyone is
->verb tense disagreement
(C) he said that they would have to post the assignments on the corporate web site so that management and labor knew what everyone was
->they has no referent
(D) he said that the schedule would have to be posted on the corporate web site so that both management and labor would know what everyone was
->Usage of "would" in the both "if" and "else" clause is incorrect
(E) saying that the schedule had to be posted on the corporate web site so that both management and labor would know what
everyone had been
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A it is.
Good point goalsnr...'would' can't be used in both if and then clause...other than that D is wordy : would have to be.....would have
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Although the human resource manager agreed to an abbreviated holiday schedule, he said that it must be posted on the corporate web site so that both management and labor will know what everyone is assigned to do.

(A) he said that it must be posted on the corporate web site so that both management and labor will know what everyone is
->CORRECT
(B) he said it had to be posted on the corporate web site so that both management and labor knows what everyone is
->verb tense disagreement
(C) he said that they would have to post the assignments on the corporate web site so that management and labor knew what everyone was
->they has no referent
(D) he said that the schedule would have to be posted on the corporate web site so that both management and labor would know what everyone was
->Usage of "would" in the both "if" and "else" clause is incorrect
(E) saying that the schedule had to be posted on the corporate web site so that both management and labor would know what
everyone had been
->verb tense disagreement
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A it is.
Good point goalsnr...'would' can't be used in both if and then clause...other than that D is wordy : would have to be.....would have
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Thanks for the discussion.
OA is A
But I still can not understand why.
It MUST be future in the past, and hence, WOULD.
I think that:
he said that .... both management and labor will know what everyone is assigned to do - incorrect
he said that .... both management and labor would know what everyone was assigned to do - correct
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Thanks for the discussion.
OA is A
But I still can not understand why.
It MUST be future in the past, and hence, WOULD.
I think that:
he said that .... both management and labor will know what everyone is assigned to do - incorrect
he said that .... both management and labor would know what everyone was assigned to do - correct
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You are right about use of 'would' but after searching on this forum I could find wordiness as the best explanation for this problem.
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Although the human resource manager agreed to an abbreviated holiday schedule, he said that it must be posted on the corporate web site so that both management and labor will know what everyone is assigned to do.


(A) he said that it must be posted on the corporate web site so that both management and labor will know what everyone is
(D) he said that the schedule would have to be posted on the corporate web site so that both management and labor would know what everyone was

would could be used in future and past tense. The part that makes D wrong is WAS.
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Although the human resource manager agreed to an abbreviated holiday schedule, he said that it must be posted on the corporate web site so that both management and labor will know what everyone is assigned to do.


(A) he said that it must be posted on the corporate web site so that both management and labor will know what everyone is
(D) he said that the schedule would have to be posted on the corporate web site so that both management and labor would know what everyone was

would could be used in future and past tense. The part that makes D wrong is WAS.
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Could you explain this a bit more? Why exactly is WAS wrong in D?
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Although the human resource manager agreed to an abbreviated holiday schedule, he said that it must be posted on the corporate web site so that both management and labor will know what everyone is assigned to do.


(A) he said that it must be posted on the corporate web site so that both management and labor will know what everyone is
(D) he said that the schedule would have to be posted on the corporate web site so that both management and labor would know what everyone was

would could be used in future and past tense. The part that makes D wrong is WAS.

Could you explain this a bit more? Why exactly is WAS wrong in D?
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I don't think, "was" is wrong in D.
In indirect speech we need "was".

But why is A correct? It's indirect speech so we have to use past tense after "that".

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