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04 Nov 2021, 23:59
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The publishers, unwilling to shoulder the entire risk, insisted that the author should pay half the cost of the initial print run of his controversial new book.
A) The publishers, unwilling to shoulder the entire risk, insisted that the author should pay half the cost of the initial print run of his controversial new book.
B) The publishers, unwilling to shoulder the entire risk, insisted that the author should be paying half the cost of the initial print run of the author’s controversial new book.
C) The publishers, unwilling to shoulder the entire risk, insisted that the author pay half the cost of the initial print run of his controversial new book.
D) Unwilling to shoulder the entire risk, the publishers insisted the author should pay half the cost of the initial print run of his controversial new book.
E) Unwilling to shoulder the entire risk, the author was required by the publisher to pay half the cost of the initial print run of his controversial new book.
A) The publishers, unwilling to shoulder the entire risk, insisted that the author should pay half the cost of the initial print run of his controversial new book.
B) The publishers, unwilling to shoulder the entire risk, insisted that the author should be paying half the cost of the initial print run of the author’s controversial new book.
C) The publishers, unwilling to shoulder the entire risk, insisted that the author pay half the cost of the initial print run of his controversial new book.
D) Unwilling to shoulder the entire risk, the publishers insisted the author should pay half the cost of the initial print run of his controversial new book.
E) Unwilling to shoulder the entire risk, the author was required by the publisher to pay half the cost of the initial print run of his controversial new book.
05 Nov 2021, 00:02
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Exceptional answers may be "bumped" to Best Community Reply.
Kudos will be awarded after the OE is posted.
05 Nov 2021, 00:14
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My answer is (C). It took me 30 seconds.
Staring from (A), I read the sentence carefully but stopped doing so at "should" in "the author should..."
Based on GMAT grammar, "should" should not be used in subjunctive mood construction in the object phrase after "bossy verbs". This error alone is sufficient to eliminate an answer.
Eliminate (B) by pinpointing "should" in "the author should...".
(C) seems to be ok. Moving on.
Eliminate (D) because of "should" in "the author should..."
(E) has a totally different structure, so I had to read the sentence to its end. Because the author was asked by the publisher to pay half of the cost, it is the publisher who was "unwilling to shoulder the entire risk". Eliminate (E) for misplaced modifier.
Go back to (C). Read it in its entirety. Felt confident to choose it.
Staring from (A), I read the sentence carefully but stopped doing so at "should" in "the author should..."
Based on GMAT grammar, "should" should not be used in subjunctive mood construction in the object phrase after "bossy verbs". This error alone is sufficient to eliminate an answer.
Eliminate (B) by pinpointing "should" in "the author should...".
(C) seems to be ok. Moving on.
Eliminate (D) because of "should" in "the author should..."
(E) has a totally different structure, so I had to read the sentence to its end. Because the author was asked by the publisher to pay half of the cost, it is the publisher who was "unwilling to shoulder the entire risk". Eliminate (E) for misplaced modifier.
Go back to (C). Read it in its entirety. Felt confident to choose it.
