The legislature has proposed a bill requiring that firms should retain

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The legislature has proposed a bill requiring  that firms should retain all accounting records  for at least 5 years or face significant fines.

a) that firms should retain all accounting records
b) that all accounting records be retained by firms
c) the retaining by firms of all accounting records
d) firms' retention of all accounting records
e) firms to retain all accounting records

Ved22 · Answer

Option E is the straight only right answer . The only option satisfying idiom "to retain"

Thanks

Aks4444MBA · Answer

Hi
As i know subjunctive structure is -
Verb1+that+Singular Noun+Verb2

where Verb1- ask,demand,requirement,prapose,suggest,insist,Expression of(Requirement,suggestion,demand)

So by visualizing the Question ,B is the best appropriate ans
Please let me know if i am wrong

anks2190 · Answer

when a trigger word like demand , propose is used to+verb is not used ? then why option E is used . @e-gmat

bacseialex · Answer

Aks4444MBA  here requiring is not a verb. An - ING word in order to be a verb has to be preceded by a "to be" verb is, am, are, was, were,etc

The correct idiom is "proposed x to y"

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Taulark1 · Answer

option B is the passive form , and when there's an active form available in the options , i think GMAT will always prefer the active form. Hence option E

Namangupta1997 · Answer

Hi  AjiteshArun ,

How is E correct ? It is using an infinitive "to retain " in a subjunctive setup.

AjiteshArun · Answer

Hi  Namangupta1997 ,

The verb   require   may be followed by a  that -clause, but it can also be followed by, as you mentioned, an infinitive. In fact, we can even use a noun after it ("this patient requires oxygen").

parthhhhh25 · Answer

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ExpertsGlobal5 · Answer

Hello  Namangupta1997 ,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, “bossy verb (“requires”) + infinitive verb form (“to + base form of verb”- “retain” in this sentence)” is, indeed, a correct subjunctive mood usage.

We hope this helps.
All the best!
Experts' Global Team

Namangupta1997 · Answer

In this sentence, "requiring" is not acting as a verb. If the sentence was something like " The legislature has proposed a bill which requires... " , in that case, would option B be correct ?

ParamjitDasGMAT · Answer

Hi Namangupta1997 , I will let Ajitesh sir respond to your query with his invaluable insights as well, but since I was passing by this thread, I will just share a quick point here. The subjunctive, as Ajitesh sir has mentioned in his earlier post, is not incorrect with "require" -- in fact, you can even have a noun after "requires". In isolation, (B) would have been perfect, albeit slightly passive, as "requiring" (in this context) is more or less the same as the reduction of "that/which" + requires -- do note that there should be no comma before "which". The issue with (B) is that we have got an " ...or face " ahead in the non-underlined portion, and therefore the parallelism doesn't hold. When approaching an SC question, don't be confined to just one rule which may be applicable to the question. Developing a solid SC strategy, particularly for attaining a V42+ score, requires an immaculate understanding of the fundamentals, and having the wherewithal (which stems from the former idea) to know when to apply two or more different rules to the same question, depending upon the logic, the meaning, and the non-underlined portion of the sentence. Hope this helps, and of course, Ajitesh sir can, and probably will, share a much better version of my poorly rehashed ideas

RitwikAgrawal · Answer

Option B seems to suggest the meaning that "all account records" (whether or not a firm's own, may the legislature's) should be maintained by firms (a particular set of firms appointed by the legislature)

Since there are at least 2 possible meanings that seems to follow the correct grammatical flow, I would assume that this option is ambiguous.

cigarboy · Answer

I was confused between A and E and was out of any reason to discard one of them so I went with A. Can anyone help here?

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