celan wrote:
Can anyone help me understand why we need "should" in front of "be allowed"?
I am confused that we do not use "should" especially in cases as follows.
ex) it is important that a student always be humble in the preparation of MBA
ex) it is imperative that Jane take care of her health
ex) Officers spoke on condition that they not be named in the press
I thought it would be the same in this question and thought omitting "should" is better than using.
I am confused when we need "should" inside a sentence and when we omit it.
GMATNinjaContext!
- If Tim demands that his children be quiet, he's giving an order, not expressing a hypothetical belief about the world.
- But if Tim believes that his children should be quiet, well, there's no order or command. Now he's thinking about the way the world should, or ought to, be.
- In the OA, we are talking about what Maria believed at that time, not something she was demanding to happen later.
And if you're uncomfortable using this as a decision point, we have a couple other clues to help us eliminate (A) and (B)...
In (B), the "between" makes it sound like there are only two options, and that doesn't make any sense.
In (A), the "from" (in "from among") seems completely unnecessary. Why not just use "among"? Also, the noun "encouragement" is a problem:
- We tend to use "encouragement " when we are talking about giving someone support. For example: "Tim needed lots of encouragement (support) to finish cleaning the bathroom."
- "encouragement of their development" makes it sound like the lessons are designed to give support to their development (as if the lessons are cheering their development on?), and that's not quite right.
- "to encourage" avoids that issue and is also simpler and more concise.
(A) and (B) each have a couple of issues, and (C) is our winner.
I hope that helps!
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