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Updated on: 24 Oct 2019, 05:14
Originally posted by sagarsabnis on 20 Oct 2009, 06:37.
Last edited by Bunuel on 24 Oct 2019, 05:14, edited 2 times in total.
Last edited by Bunuel on 24 Oct 2019, 05:14, edited 2 times in total.
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Constance Horner, chief of the United States government’s personnel agency, has recommended that the use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds for not hiring an applicant.
(A) the use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds for not hiring an applicant
(B) any dangerous or illegal drug, if used in the five years prior to applying for a job, should be grounds for not hiring an applicant
(C) an applicant’s use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds not to hire them
(D) an applicant’s use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to applying for a job are grounds that they not be hired
(E) for five years prior to applying for a job, an applicant’s use of any dangerous or illegal drug be grounds for not hiring them
(A) the use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds for not hiring an applicant
(B) any dangerous or illegal drug, if used in the five years prior to applying for a job, should be grounds for not hiring an applicant
(C) an applicant’s use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds not to hire them
(D) an applicant’s use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to applying for a job are grounds that they not be hired
(E) for five years prior to applying for a job, an applicant’s use of any dangerous or illegal drug be grounds for not hiring them
what's wrong in B???
01 Nov 2010, 07:15
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The answer is A.
From the statement we can clearly make out that its a case of command subjunctive, which calls for the use of "that" and "be".
B- Incorrect: Never use "should" in command subjunctive.
C- Incorrect: Disagreement between pronoun and number. The pronoun should be "his or her".
D- Incorrect: Same as C. The pronoun "they" is outright wrong in this context.
E- Incorrect: Same as C, and D. The use of the pronoun "them" is wrong.
A correctly maintains the command subjunctive form.
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