pqhai wrote:
C is wrong because:.........required X.....to receive.............and have.........
This form is correct, it is NOT an error. The second "to" is usually omitted by two infinitives, just as any other repetition in parallel structures. E.g.:
The reporter wants to go and (to) interview the celebrity in person.
Tom is doing his homework and (is) listening to music.Compare: GMAT Club Grammar Book, p. 75.
nt2010 wrote:
IMO answer should be D
(...)The issue with C is required (past tense) is combined with infinitive - to receive (which typically shows intent).
I think required that goes with receive and require goes with to receive
No such error exists in C.
First, the "required" is not a parallel to the "receive". After "required to" two verbs are used in a correct parallel structure:
receive (at least...) and
have (no more...). Moreover, the "required" in the Simple Past tense is correct here, as there is "Until 2010" at the beginning of the sentence.
"Until" means "up to (the point in time or the event mentioned)", therefore it calls for using relative tense. Proper use of "Until":
Until you find the key, we shall/will not be able to get in.
I am not coming until I am asked.
I did not know until you told me.
Second, "required that" implements a Command Subjunctive, which is a mood in English language and will always go with bare infinitive form. Furthermore, as you wrote: "
require goes with
to receive" - this is misunderstood. The preposition "to" belongs not to the "receive" here, but to the "require". The idiomatic form is
Require sb to do sh, just as
pqhai wrote:
pqhai wrote:
require X to do Y
require that X do Y (without to)
I can only add that the second structure is the Command Subjunctive mood (CSM).
The only correct structure of the Command Subjunctive mood is as presented in the sentence, i.e.: bossy verb + that + bare infinitive. E.g.: We demand that he be here.; The assembly proposed that the schoolboard disband.; The chairman suggested that the CEO redeploy.
Hence, both C and D are grammatically and logically correct.