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In order to prevent further spread of the deadly plague, the health officials have ordered  the bodies of the deceased to be incinerated and that the remains be  buried.

A) the bodies of the deceased to be incinerated and that the remains be

B) that bodies of the deceased should be incinerated and the remains

C) the incineration of bodies of the deceased and the remains to be

D) incineration of bodies of the deceased, with their remains

E) that the bodies of the deceased be incinerated and the remains

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ash124 · Answer

After reading the non-underline portion of the sentence, we can see "ordered" which means subjunctive.

A) the bodies of the deceased to be incinerated and that the remains be
 'That' is required in the subjunctive

B) that bodies of the deceased should be incinerated and the remains
 Subjunctive structure doesn't contain 'Should'

C) the incineration of bodies of the deceased and the remains to be
' That' is required in subjunctiv e

D) incineration of bodies of the deceased, with their remains
 'That' is required in subjunctive

E) that the bodies of the deceased be incinerated and the remains
 Correct

Answer E

zhanbo · Answer

My answer is  (E) . It took me 01:05.

(A) Main issue is the lack of parallelism between "the bodies of the deceased to be incinerated" and "that the remains be buried". 
Besides, while we can order someone to do something, it may not be logical to order a dead body to do something.

(B) For bossy verbs, "should" should not be used in subjunctive mood. 
Note: If "should" is removed, we will get (E).

(C) Main issue is the lack of parallelism between "the incineration of bodies " and "the remains to be buried". 
Besides, it may be illogical to order the remains to do anything.

(D) "their" in "their remains“ can refer to "the deceased", "the bodies", or "the health officials". 
Besides, this version suggests that the health officials are with some people's remains when they issued the order.

Anuragsharma93 · Answer

IMO E

A) the bodies of the deceased to be incinerated and that the remains be --  Ordered to be is unidiomatic we need ordered that for a command Subjunctive mood. Furthermore, the sentence is not parallel.

B) that bodies of the deceased should be incinerated and the remains -  The sentence isnt parallel, further the use of Should and ordered creates a mixture of two moods. Should = Opinion and Order = Mandate/Command.

C) the incineration of bodies of the deceased and the remains to be -  How can you incinerate the remains ? Furthermore the sentence is an incomplete thought

D) incineration of bodies of the deceased, with their remains -  Inceneration of bodies with their remains ? Illogical meaning.Moreover also notice that "Their" has no clear antecedent.

E)  that  the bodies of the deceased be incinerated and the remains --  Here "that" gets repeated in both the clauses and the sentence is parallel.

HoneyLemon · Answer

Even if E is the best answer .

In option E , 
In order to prevent further spread of the deadly plague, the health officials have ordered that the bodies of the deceased be incinerated and the remains buried.

Isn't 'be' required before buried .

the health officials have ordered that the remains buried.
 ---- The above sentence seems a bit off..

A) the bodies of the deceased to be incinerated and that the remains be

B) that bodies of the deceased should be incinerated and the remains

C) the incineration of bodies of the deceased and the remains to be

D) incineration of bodies of the deceased, with their remains

E) that the bodies of the deceased be incinerated and the remains

Sumi1010 · Answer

Think of the meaning when we say - 
The health officials have ordered the bodies/ the incineration of bodies ...

The officials did really order the bodies to do something? 
Choices A, C and D can be eliminated.

"the health officials have ordered THAT..." implies the command subjunctive, hence only BARE form of the verb should be followed.

deceased should be incinerated   
 deceased BE incinerated

Thus, choice  E  is right.

Anuragsharma93 · Answer

Hi HoneyLemon , I agree with you, but without repeating "Be" still the sentence makes sense doesnt it ? The reason is some words are understood to be repeated without being stated. That is the concept of Ellipsis in comparison .. https://gmatclub.com/forum/ellipsis-sub ... 46823.html https://gmatclub.com/forum/common-gmat- ... 36747.html

Abhishek009 · Answer

Demanded = bossy word, indicates subjunctive mood , reject (A), (C) & (D)

Between (B) and (E), (B) can be subsequently be discarded for the highlted part in (B), hence Answer must be (E)

sivatx2 · Answer

In order to prevent further spread of the deadly plague, the health officials have ordered the bodies of the deceased to be incinerated and that the remains be buried.

Ordered should follow that in subjunctive mood.

A)  the bodies  of the deceased to be incinerated and  that the remain s be 
 Not parallel between "incinerated" and "buried". Eliminate.

B) that bodies of the deceased  should  be incinerated and the remains 
 Redundancy with should, as ordered conveys the same meaning. Eliminate.

C) the incineration of bodies of the deceased and the remains to be 
 Missing the subjunctive mood as it is required to use "ordered"..."that". That is missing. Eliminate

D) incineration of bodies of the deceased, with  their  remains 
 their refers to the bodies of the deceased or the health official? Pronoun reference error. Eliminate.

E) that the bodies of the deceased be incinerated and the remains
 "incinerated" and "buried" are parallel. Subjunctive mood is maintained and no errors in the sentence.
Hence E is the correct answer choice.

shalin23 · Answer

From B and E, I eliminated option B for the reason that 'the' wasn't used before 'bodies'.

If option B did not use 'should', would this be a correct method of elimination?

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