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Some officials both at the Treasury Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission recently said in off-the-record conversations that it may be a good idea  to require that all large and highly leveraged banks should decrease their debt and should increase their asset base .

(A) to require that all large and highly leveraged banks should decrease their debt and should increase their asset base
(B) requiring that all large and highly leveraged banks decrease their debt and increase their asset base
(C) to require of all large and highly leveraged banks the decreasing of debt and an increase in their asset base
(D) requiring that all large and highly leveraged banks to decrease their debt and to increase their asset base
(E) to require all large and highly leveraged banks to decrease their debt and increase their asset base

anvesh004 · Answer

IMO, Ans is E

"requiring" is awkward and "to require" is better here.

Since "require" is subjunctive, we need "require + that + subject + plural verb" or "require + subject + to verb"
Option E is in terms with this.

However, am not grammatically sure on what is wrong with "requiring"

Correct me if am wrong with my analysis.

daagh · Answer

The key words are the bossy word 'to require' or the participle 'requiring', the subordiante connector 'that' and the bare infinitive 'decrease' for the play of the subjunctive mood. This combination is avialable only in choice B. 
B is the answer

madgmat2019 · Answer

(E) to require all large and highly leveraged banks to decrease their debt and increase their asset base.............perfect parallelism

OA:E

Archit3110 · Answer

IMO E: 
to require all large and highly leveraged banks to decrease their debt and increase their asset base
iiism is maintained and removal of word should

Some officials both at the Treasury Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission recently said in off-the-record conversations that it may be a good idea  to require that all large and highly leveraged banks should decrease their debt and should increase their asset base.

(A) to require that all large and highly leveraged banks should decrease their debt and should increase their asset base
(B) requiring that all large and highly leveraged banks decrease their debt and increase their asset base
(C) to require of all large and highly leveraged banks the decreasing of debt and an increase in their asset base
(D) requiring that all large and highly leveraged banks to decrease their debt and to increase their asset base
(E) to require all large and highly leveraged banks to decrease their debt and increase their asset base

ankaua · Answer

Some officials  both   at  the Treasury Department  and   the  Securities and Exchange Commission recently said in off-the-record conversations that it may be a good idea  to  require that  all large and highly leveraged banks  should  decrease their debt and should increase their asset base.

In non-underling portion:
"both" is a bit compromised:  both X and Y : X and Y have to be grammatically and logically parallel. And X here is a prepositional phrase while Y is a noun..

In underlying portion: 
"require" can be subjunctive, in this case it should follow the formula:  REQUIRE + THAT + BARE INFINITIVE  ( REQUIRE + THAT +  SHOULD/WILL/TO INFINITIVE  is not acceptable ) - for this reason, A is wrong.
Or "require" can be to-verb:  REQUIRE TO ...

I keep this one to compare with E: "it may be a good idea requiring" vs "it may be a good idea to require". I believe that the latter case wins. So eliminate B.

- "require of" is unidiomatic 
 - use of "to" infinitive is a violation of "subjunctive formula".

"require to" is an acceptable form, and "to decrease" and "increase " are parallel.  Correct choice.

exc4libur · Answer

Ans (E)

aaba · Answer

I pick E

B and D are out because "requiring that..." is unidiomtic.
"should" is not favoured in GMAT, and "the decreasing" in C sounds awkward.

TestPrepUnlimited · Answer

Correct answer: E

A: Incorrect. (A) incorrectly forms the subjunctive, which in this sentence would be formed as follows: "to require that ... DECREASE their debt ... and INCREASE their asset base." In order for (A) to be correct, "should" must be deleted. 
B: Incorrect. Idiom error: "a good idea" must be followed by the infinitive form, "to require." (B), however, correctly forms the subjunctive.
C: Incorrect. Wordy/awkward. Further, (C) is not parallel: "the decreasing of debt ... and an increase in their asset base." 
D: Incorrect. Idiom error, as in (B). Further, (D) incorrectly forms the subjunctive by including the full infinitives "to decrease" and "to increase," rather than simply "decrease" and "increase." 
E: Correct. (E) avoids the subjunctive formation by removing "that" after "to require."

eakabuah · Answer

The right answer is option E.

Some officials both at the Treasury Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission recently said in off-the-record conversations that it may be a good idea to require that all large and highly leveraged banks should decrease their debt and should increase their asset base.

(A)  to require  that all large and highly leveraged banks  should  decrease their debt and  should  increase their asset base
should is not necessary.  should decrease their debt  should rather be  to decrease their debt . Likewise  should increase their assets  should rather be  to increase their assets .

(B)  requiring  that all large and highly leveraged banks decrease their debt and increase their asset base
 requiring  should rather be  to require  as to require expresses intent or purpose, which is in line with the meaning of the sentence.

(C) to require  of  all large and highly leveraged banks  the decreasing  of debt and  an increase  in their asset base
The preposition  of  is not required. In addition, the decreasing of debts and an increase in their asset base make the sentence not concise compared with option E.

(D)  requiring  that all large and highly leveraged banks  to  decrease their debt and to increase their asset base
 to require  is better in the context than  requiring . There is no need to repeat to after and as the infinitive parallelism can be set off by the first  to  after bank.

(E)  to require  all large and highly leveraged banks to  decrease  their debt and  increase  their asset base
This is correct answer choice out of the lot. to require expresses intent and the parallelism is between decrease and increase is correct. This option is the most concise choice which retains the original meaning of the sentence.

vg18 · Answer

Some officials both at the Treasury Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission recently said in off-the-record conversations that it may be a good idea to require that all large and highly leveraged banks should decrease their debt and should increase their asset base.

(A) to require that all large and highly leveraged banks should decrease their debt and should increase their asset base. Should is redundant. Wrong
(B) requiring that all large and highly leveraged banks decrease their debt and increase their asset base. requiring that is wrong
(C) to require of all large and highly leveraged banks the decreasing of debt and an increase in their asset base. decreasing and to increase not parallel.
(D) requiring that all large and highly leveraged banks to decrease their debt and to increase their asset base.requiring that is wrong
(E) to require all large and highly leveraged banks to decrease their debt and increase their asset base. Correct

Bunuel · Answer

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

There are two main issues in this question.

(1) There are two actions that are being suggested and these should be parallel: (a) to decrease their debt (b) to increase their asset base.

(2) The use of the word  should  is redundant since the sentence (with the words  require that ) already carries the implication that banks need to take certain action.

A. the word  should  is redundant since the verb to require and the context of the sentence indicate that the suggested actions should be taken

B. the phrase  it may be a good idea requiring that...  is not correct as a verb (i.e., to  require ) is needed

C. the phrase  the decreasing of debt and an increase  is not parallel

D. the infinitive form of the verb  to decrease  cannot be used after  requiring that all large and highly leveraged banks  as it is awkward and not idiomatic

E. the phrase  banks ... to decrease ...   increase  is parallel since both verbs are used in the infinitive form (the second to is implied); the unnecessary word  should  is omitted

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