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The CEO has proposed a new policy requiring  that employees should retain all pensions  indefinitely or be allowed to cash them in at retirement.

A. that employees should retain all pensions
B. that all pensions be retained by employees
C. the retaining by employees of all pensions
D. employee's retension of all pensions
E. employees to retain all pensions

arjunbt · Answer

I think the correct answer is B, 
as "be retained ... " is parallel to "be allowed.."
can you please post OE ??

tuanquang269 · Answer

Choice B change the meaning and make the pronoun "them" refer wrong antecedent. "all pensions" cannot "be allowed to cash".

Correct choice is E

prab · Answer

+1 for E for ||

to retain || to cash

tuanquang269 · Answer

Nope, to retain not parallel with to cash. If those two verb are ||, how can you explain with "be". Just see the pronoun "them" in underlined part. "them" in choice B have clearer antecedent "pensions" instead of "employees". If use choice B, the non-underlined part will become "pensions be allowed to cash them (pensions or employees) in at retirements.

sanjuro9 · Answer

be allowed to cash them -> suggests that  employees  needs to be the subject
B, C and D out

E is the only option that treats  employees to retain  and employees  be allowed  - idiomatic and parallel

BDSunDevil · Answer

||. looking for to/be retain. B has wrong pronoun reference. E.

Mahmud6 · Answer

The CEO has proposed a new policy requiring  that employees should retain all pensions  indefinitely or be allowed to cash them in at retirement.

a)that employees should retain all pensions
b)that all pensions be retained by employees
c)the retaining by employees of all pensions
d)employee's retension of all pensions
e)employees to retain all pensions

If we split the sentence according to choice E, we get,

1. The CEO has proposed a new policy requiring employees to retain all pensions
2. The CEO has proposed a new policy requiring employees be allowed to cash pensions in at retirement

As I know,
There are two possible constructions after ‘require’. One is ‘someone requires someone else to do something’, the other is the uses in subjunctive.

Split 1: Follows the 1st uses of 'require'
 Split 2: Tries to follow the second uses of 'require', but misses subjunctive 'that'. Is it correct?

Correct me if I am wrong.

rhine29388 · Answer

confused between choices B and E 
choice B uses passive voice whereas E uses active voice.
I think that gmat uses active voice whereever possible
correct me if i am wrong

warriorguy · Answer

I am not sure I understood the explanation.

Could someone please post the OE?

sayantanc2k · Answer

In command subjunctive mood, the verb in it's raw form is to be used. Command subjunctive is used for certain "bossy" verbs such as "demand", "require" etc.

I demand that you go there... right
I demand that you should go there... wrong

A: Because of wrong usage of command subjunctive (as described above), A is wrong.

B: Option B uses command subjunctive correctly (though in passive voice) - However the requirement is from employees, not from pensions. Therefore "employees" should be the subject of the clause in subjunctive mood.

C: Use of gerund with "requiring" is awkward. The requirement is from employees, not from retaining.

D: The requirement is from employees, not from retention.

warriorguy · Answer

Now that I think about the options - its clear to be - the form is bossy verb + that + subject + Command Sub:

Subject should be employees and not pension -

As usual, thanks sayantanc2k

DML88 · Answer

I have the same doubt, why ''that' is missing in the correct answer?

warriorguy · Answer

Hi DML88,

Require can take either of the two forms - infinitive (to) and command subjunctive form: IF you observe option e then the form is "to" form.

a)that employees should retain all pensions
b)that all pensions be retained by employees
c)the retaining by employees of all pensions
d)employee's retension of all pensions
e)employees to retain all pensions

Other verbs which can infinitive and command subjunctive are : ask, intend, beg, order, urge.

I hope that helps.

DML88 · Answer

Thank you! It is clear now and also make more sense in the question. Answer (E) keeps the meaning.

Bunuel · Answer

MANHATTAN REVIEW OFFICIAL EXPLANATION:

There are two possible constructions after ‘require’ One is ‘someone requires someone else to do something’. The other uses the subjunctive. For example, ‘I require that you be on time’. The subjunctive is always introduced by ‘that’. Choice A does not fit the correct subjunctive pattern as it uses ‘should’, instead of just the infinitive of the verb without ‘to’. B is grammatically correct but it is passive. C is passive and uses ‘retaining’ instead of ‘retention’. D incorrectly implies that there is only one employee. E is also grammatically correct and is shorter and simpler than B and is therefore the correct answer. It is active rather than the passive B.

longway25 · Answer

It is still unclear why B is eliminated over E. Is B eliminated just because 'them' refers to an incorrect antecedent (employees) while it should actually refer to pensions. Need some clarity.

ravigupta2912 · Answer

A. that employees should retain all pensions -- "should" isn't required in subjunctive mood construction. Incorrect. B. that all pensions be retained by employees -- Parallelism error. Pensions be retained OR pensions be allowed. How can you allow pensions?

C. the retaining by employees of all pensions -- Subjunctive mood "requiring" requires either "that" or the noun entity followed by infinitive form of the verb D. employee's retention of all pensions -- Possessive noun changes the meaning. CEO requires something of the employees, not from "employee's xxx" E. employees to retain all pensions -- Correct.

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