Hi bschool83,

"Require that" is subjunctive construction, which has rule that we need to use bare form of verb ( Verb without s) or "be" but not "is /are/am/will".

Option B, C,D is wrong because as per above rule "pays" and "will" are incorrect.
Option A is wrong because "not only.....but also" is right idiom, here but also was not used.

Right answer looks E.

I hoped my explanation helped, If indeed please give me kudos. I really need them.

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IMO = In my opinion OA = Official Answer

I will go with E here.

not only...but also is the correct idiom : A and B eliminated.
will pay is incorrect: C eliminated
Between pays and pay , pay sounds correct.

What is the OA?

Crick

C...
each prospective renter ---> because of the usage of each a singular verb should follow.. hence pays should come..

The OA should be (E).

'pay' is the correct verb here, not 'pays' (correct use of the subjunctive) => eliminate (B) and (C).

(A): After 'not only' there needs to be a 'but', which is missing here (instead there is an 'and'). Incorrect.
(D): 'will pay' is incorrect use of the tense => Incorrect.

So (E) it is.
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IMO C.
each prospective client - singular ->therefore verb has to be pays.
Idiom Not only X but also Y

I think E is the right answer -

subjunctive verb 'requires' is used... which is in line with plural 'pay'.

IMO C..
What is the OA??
What about subject verb agreement where Each should be used with singular form.

Dear Friends,

The principal rule to be followed in this example for the subjunctive mood is that while using the subjunctive mood we drop the "s" or "es" used in a sentence and depict it always in present tense.
For details please refer to : http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000031.htm

The process of elimination that I followed here was:
1. Eliminate a and b because of incorrect idiom usage.
2. Eliminate D because of the future tense used.
3. Eliminate C because "pays" used.

Hope that helps.
Cheers,
Rohan

1. pay not only the first month and last month's rent and

*and* is not correct. "Not only" should be followed by "but also". Moreover, first month and last month's are not in parallel.

2. pays not only the first month and last month's rent and
*and*
Pays is not a correct form of verb.
subjunctive construction "require that"--> verb should be pay not pays.

3. pays not only the first month and last month's rent, but also
pays should be pay.
first month and last month's are not in parallel.

4. will pay not only the first and last month's rent, but also
will pay can not be used here because of subjunctive construction.

5. pay not only the first and last month's rent, but also
Correct choice.

nice question...i chose C, but after reading rohansharma's post, i feel E is right answer..
BTW..what is the OA?

Not only .. but also ..idiom. + subjunctive mood ...... because of ' require that'

E

+1 for C
each prosective ....pay (Subject is singular)

+1 E

Subjunctive mood: require that + noun + verb (in base form).

Good question!
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Excellent Question. E is the answer.

E. Subjunctive mood required + idiom

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Excellent question on subjunctive mood. Will keep this in mind.

Why is C wrong? My understanding is that Each + Subject -> Singular is the correct usage. So in this question why is "each prospective renters pays" not correct. I also understand that Require + That + Subject + Subjective is the correct usage where Subjunctive verb is always plural. I am confused which rule should be preferred.

In subjunctive, we actually don't use singular or plural. We use the bare infinitive, meaning the infinitive ("to") form of a verb, with the word "to" removed. So "to pay" becomes "pay" for both singular and plural subjects.

All of the following are correct, even if they seem silly without any modifiers on "rent":

Renters pay rent.
Each renter pays rent.
Landlords require renters to pay rent.
Landlords require each renter to pay rent.
Landlords require that renters pay rent.
Landlords require that each renter pay rent.
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Between C and E

Besides subjunctive usage, the other error is that of modification.

in C rent modifies last month only ... rent should actually modify both the entities (entity 1 first month and entity 2 last month ).

E is good.
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