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What are the 9 verbs the subjunctive rule applies? (I could google, but trying to be more active on the forum)


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The verbal section of the GMAT requires that test takers will adhere to the rules of standard written English when analyzing sentence correction questions.


A. will adhere to the rules of standard written English

B. must adhere to standard written English rules

C. have adhered to the rules of standard written English

D. adhered to the rules of standard written English

E. adhere to the rules of standard written English



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The verbal section of the GMAT requires that test takers will adhere to the rules of standard written English when analyzing sentence correction questions.


A. will adhere to the rules of standard written English

This answer choice is grammatically incorrect. Require is one of the nine verbs to which the Subjunctive rule applies (if it is followed by that). This means that the next verb after requires that should be in base form. However, will adhere is not in base form.

What helps us identify this question as a Subjunctive question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign: propose/recommend/require/request/insist/suggest/mandate/ask/demand that

Whenever you come across this Stop Sign, make sure that the following verb is in its base form.



B. must adhere to standard written English rules

This answer choice is grammatically incorrect and repeats the original mistake. Require is one of the nine verbs to which the Subjunctive rule applies (if it is followed by that). This means that the next verb after requires that should be in base form. However, must adhere is not in base form.

What helps us identify this question as a Subjunctive question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign: propose/recommend/require/request/insist/suggest/mandate/ask/demand that

Whenever you come across this Stop Sign, make sure that the following verb is in its base form.



C. have adhered to the rules of standard written English

This answer choice is grammatically incorrect and repeats the original mistake. Require is one of the nine verbs to which the Subjunctive rule applies (if it is followed by that). This means that the next verb after requires that should be in base form. However, have adhered is not in base form.

What helps us identify this question as a Subjunctive question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign: propose/recommend/require/request/insist/suggest/mandate/ask/demand that

Whenever you come across this Stop Sign, make sure that the following verb is in its base form.



D. adhered to the rules of standard written English

This answer choice is grammatically incorrect. Require is one of the nine verbs to which the Subjunctive rule applies (if it is followed by that). This means that the next verb after requires that should be in base form. However, adhered is not in base form.

What helps us identify this question as a Subjunctive question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign: propose/recommend/require/request/insist/suggest/mandate/ask/demand that

Whenever you come across this Stop Sign, make sure that the following verb is in its base form.



E. adhere to the rules of standard written English

Require is one of the nine verbs to which the Subjunctive rule applies (if it is followed by that). This means that the next verb after requires that should be in base form - adhere - as is indeed the case in this answer choice.

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