the federal rules aimed at protecting human bodies

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vyassaptarashi · Answer

concept of parallelism is tested here..

That....that is required along with would .... would ....

Only choice E satisfies the condition 
Therefore answer is "E"

saxenashobhit · Answer

I recommend taking some effort and typing the question. That will help future searches as well

ajit257 · Answer

The federal rules aimed at protecting human subjects of medical experiments were established to ensure that patients  must be warned of potential risks and an independent panel would  evaluate the experiment before it was conducted.

A. must be warned of potential risks and an independent panel would 
B. must be warned of potential risks and that an independent panel 
C. are warned about potential risks and that an independent panel 
D. will be warned about potential risks and an independent panel would 
E. would be warned of potential risks and that an independent panel would

got stuck between d and e. I have a doubt ..lets say ans choice d read

will be warned about potential risks and that an independent panel will  ....would it have been a better choice than e as action started in the past and continues in the future so we need present or present perfect tense. Please someone correct me if i am wrong.

gmat1220 · Answer

A is gone - because it has ||ism problem. "that parallelism" is missing

right so use past + future i.e. would. "will" is wrong here since federal rules were established in the past.

"ensure that" is not subjunctive. Does anyone agree?

ajit257 · Answer

i agree but the the rules still exist right ..they have not ended. So i was advised that is something happened in the past and continues we should have a present perfect or present tense. Can someone please clarify ?

daagh · Answer

An action started in the past and continuing at the moment will need present perfect. 
But the revised choice D is using no such present perfect tense such as  have been warned  . Nor does it indicate a present tense verb such as ‘ are warned’ . All that D does is to use a simple future tense ‘will’, landing the clause into the trap of shift of tense since the main clause is in past tense. When the main clause is maintaining some tense, it is essential that relative and subordinate clauses also maintain the same tense.

So D falls out of contention.

ajit257 · Answer

thanks daagh....you're best. this thing was playing on my mind for quite sometime now. So lets say choice d read

are warned about potential risks and that an independent panel would .......could we say it is a better choice

daagh · Answer

nope; ' are warned ' is simple present tense; a simple present tense is also not right when you have to match the past tense with the past tense of will i.e would. Additionally, you may see  'are warned ' is not parallel to  'would evaluate'

ajit257 · Answer

ah i see . Daagh, if it is not too much to ask what would we a correct form of (action took place in the past and continues in future) for this sentence.

daagh · Answer

Events that started in the past, that go through at present and that are going to continue in the future are mostly universal facts such as the sun rising in the east and setting in the west or the planets going round the sun etc. In such cases the normal tense used is  the simple preset.

The sun rises in the east; the sun sets in the west
The planets go round the sun;

Some events that happen routinely (in the past, in the current time and also in the future), though may not be as universal as the above mentioned cases, are also indicated by the simple present.

The Grandtrunk Express leaves Chennai at 8 AM and reaches New Delhi the next day at 10 AM. 
This phenomenon occurred routinely in the past also. So we use simple present tense.

metallicafan · Answer

+1 E A reporting speech question. Sometimes, being a non-native is good for this exam 8-)

gmat1220 · Answer

copied the explanations and this question in my notes..... thanks guys !

well explanied daagh kudos !

siddhans · Answer

Why is C wrong here ??? Why cant we use present tense since the earlier part is in past tense ???

PositiveSoul · Answer

Initially choose D, but later realized it should be E

ctkrishnan · Answer

I chose E.. but the explanations in the thread helped.. thanks.

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