Given the high amount of money laundering and tax evasion

Question

Given the high amount of money laundering and tax evasion, federal government promulgated new tax laws requiring  that citizens attest prior hand to have their properties and income assessed  by independent tax regulatory body, to be set up in three months.

A. that citizens attest prior hand to have their properties and income assessed 
B. that citizens attest prior hand for to have their properties and income assessed
C. the attesting by citizens prior hand to have their properties and income assessed
D. citizens attesting prior hand to have their properties and income assessed
E. citizens to attest prior hand to have their properties and income assessed

alokgupta1009 · Answer

I think 
....laws requiring that... is not correct usage.
It should be
...laws requiring

With this thing in mind, I came down to D and E.

D gives you a feeling that laws require certain type of citizens attending prior hand.... This is not correct.

E makes sense IMO.

Feel free to suggest.

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aartiydv09 · Answer

Should "that" not proceed requiring? As this is a subjunctive case, I thought it should and marked A as the answer. I request some inputs on this.

DmitryFarberMPrep · Answer

aartiydv09 , we can use require/requiring with or without the subjunctive:

The law  requires you to  place recyclables in the appropriate bin.
The law  requires that you  place recyclables in the appropriate bin.

E uses the first of these forms, and that's fine.

There are some other issues with the sentence, though. It needs more articles before some of the nouns ( the  federal government,  an  independent tax regulatory body) and "attest prior hand" doesn't work. I think the intended meaning is more like "arrange in advance."

pk123 · Answer

Hi Dmitry,

As mentioned subjunctive form can take either "that" or "to", which makes me wonder what makes answer a as wrong. The sentence looks correct in its original form

DmitryFarberMPrep · Answer

A and E are really interchangeable. The rest are all wrong, but I'd say there's no definitive answer to this one, especially since the rest of the sentence needs some changes.

GMATE1 · Answer

Dear  GMATNinja , dear  DmitryFarber , dear cummunity,

I would highly appreciate help on this question because it seems that no one has definately answered the question and the question explores some topics I struggle with.

I am  between option A & E  but can't decide which one is correct.

There are certain command and demand verbs which almost exclusively use subjunctive with 'that' for example: demand that, desire that suggest that,... and there are other verbs which almost always use 'to' for example: allow to, want to, forbid to,... BUT there are some verbs which are both used in subjunctive form as well as in the form with 'to'.   My question is how do I know when to use which form? (the subjunctive with 'that' or the structure with 'to')

I have found two different explanations   which I will write below (,but I'll add the original link as well so that you can't look at the context):

1.   TommyWallach  gave the following explanation: 
 
"The verb "to require" can function in two ways. The first is passive: "Something is required TO do something". In this format, we have the passive voice of required. You can't go active (It's not allowed to say "He requires you to do something."), and you have to use the infinitive form of the subordinate verb. THE OTHER version of the verb "to require" is active, and forms the subjunctive of demand (We call them bossy verbs)." 
 https://gmatclub.com/forum/legislation-in-the-canadian-province-of-ontario-requires-of-both-publi-79769.html  (first comment)

This rule seems easy;  if  the  verb  (&sentence) is in  active form use subjunctive  and  if  the sentence is in  passive use the construction with 'to' . HOWEVER my problem is that I believe that   "requiring"   in this sentence   is no verb   and instead is a modifier, which I believe is   neither active nor passive  . Of course we do have the verb "promulgated" but this verb at least to my knowledge does not use either of these forms. Therefore I believe this  rule is NOT applicable  for this question.

2.   The  second rule  is the following which I found is from Manhattan GMAT prep and was posted by StaceyKoprince:

"If what is being required (or whatever verb you happen to be using) is really just the single noun following, then you don't need to use the word "that." If what is being required, however, is a clause (a bunch of words including a verb), then you do need to use the word "that." Most of the time, on this test, it will be the latter. " 
 https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/forums/diff-b-w-requires-to-vs-requires-that-t3272.html  (first response)

This rule I find more difficult. I think that what follows 'requiring' is not just a simple noun but must be some form of clause in this sentence. However, the rule explains that in those cases we need to use 'that', but according to our question E is correct which does not use the subjunctive with that. (Again I wonder whether this rule only applies to verbs and not to mods)

I have struggled with this questions for a long time and because of it I am uncertain of rules, which I learned. Therefore, it would be much appreciated if an expert could answer my doubt when to use the subjunctive with 'that' and when to use the form with 'to' for verbs such as ask, prefer, command, beg & require, which can use either strucutes.

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