The new government requires employers to inform an employee of their

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The new government requires  employers to inform an employee of their  legal right to holidays and overtime pay.

(A) employers to inform an employee of their
(B) employers to inform employees that he has a
(C) employers to inform employees that there is a 
(D) that employers inform an employee of their 
(E) that employers inform the employees that they have a

I eliminated :
A for employee - their
B for employees - he
C "there" has no reference
D an employee - their
In E also, usage of 'They' is ambiguous but what makes C right?

sayantanc2k · Accepted Answer

First, "X require that Y to do something." is wrong. Correct structure is:
"X requires that Y  to  do something." (Command subjunctive)

"X requires Y to do something" and "X require that Y do something" are equivalent.

mihir0710 · Answer

The new government requires  employers to inform an employee of their  legal right to holidays and overtime pay.
 
Great Sub-Verb agreement & Pronoun-Number agreement error practice in just one question : 
First of all, the trigger word "require" can go with either "to verb..." or "that - subject - verb" form so the split of between "employers" and "that employers" is not useful as both are correct ...

(A) employers to inform an employee of their
 This option means that "employers" (as in all the employers in the world) inform to "an employee" (only one employee - lucky guy !!!) 
 Illogical - Incorrect

(B) employers to inform employees that he has a
 Here the error in option A is rectified by a new error is introduced "he" ??? Who is he ??? we need "they" to correct this pronoun number agreement error

(C) employers to inform employees that there is a 
 Correct ..the sentence avoids the usage of the pronoun he or they altogether ...but rephrasing the last part "that there is a ..."

(D) that employers inform an employee of their 
 Again same error as option A

(E) that employers inform the employees that they have a 
 Here there is ambiguity about the antecedent of "they" what does they refer to (employers or employees) ?? 
Not sure ..Hence Out...

RUSDI · Answer

Can help to advise when we can use "X require Y to do something" and "X require that Y to do something".

Skywalker18 · Answer

The new government requires  employers to inform an employee of their  legal right to holidays and overtime pay.

(A) employers to inform an employee of their - illogical - Pronoun their can refer to employers 
(B) employers to inform employees that he has a - Pronoun he is singular but the nouns are plural 
(C) employers to inform employees that there is a - Correct
(D) that employers inform an employee of their - illogical - Pronoun their can refer to employers 
(E) that employers inform the employees that they have a - Pronoun ambiguity

GMATNinja  ,  EMPOWERgmatRichC  ,  sayantanc2k  ,  daagh  , mikemcgarry  ,  egmat  and other experts -
Can we eliminate option E on pronoun ambiguity ?

Also , if we modify option B as below - 
F . employers to inform employee that he has a 
G. employers to inform employee that he or she has a 
Will F be correct ? In my opinion G is correct .

Also , in option C is the usage of there is correct ?

sayantanc2k · Answer

Query 1: Not ambiguity, but wrong reference. By virtue of parallelsim "they" refers to "employers", but "they" should actually refer to "employees". Query 2: You can get the answer from this link: https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2012 ... rsus-they/ Query 3: Though gramatically correct, this option does not convey the meaning properly - it is not clear who has the right.

elegantm · Answer

The new government requires  employers to inform an employee of their  legal right to holidays and overtime pay.
(A) employers to inform an employee of  their  
 Use of plural pronoun THEIR for singular noun Employee is incorrect. Hence Incorrect 
(B) employers to inform employees that he has a
 Use of singular pronoun HE for plural noun Employees is incorrect. Hence Incorrect 
(C) employers to inform employees that there is a
 Best out of remaining questions. CORRECT 
(D) that employers inform an employee of their 
 Use of plural pronoun THEIR for singular noun Employee is incorrect. Hence Incorrect 
(E) that employers inform the employees that  they  have a
 Antecedent of THEY is ambiguous. Hence Incorrect

Piyush0489 · Answer

(A) employers to inform an employee of their 
(B) employers to inform employees that he has a
(C) employers to inform employees that there is a
(D) that employers inform an employee of their 
(E) that employers inform the employees that they have a

C is best IMO

Bunuel · Answer

MANHATTAN REVIEW OFFICIAL EXPLANATION:

The first issue you need to be aware of is pronoun reference. It should be employees’ legal right, not employers’. Therefore, you can eliminate A and D. The singular “an employee” does not go together with the plural “their”. Option B does not have agreement between the plural “employees” and the singular “he”. Option E has an unclear pronoun, “they”, at the end of the option. It is not clear whether this word refers to the employees or the employers. Only option C is correct

Scuven · Answer

The new government requires employers to inform an employee of their legal right to holidays and overtime pay.

(A) employers to inform an employee of their  to inform AN EMPLOYEE of THEIR ... here the pronoun has the wrong antecedent because it referes to employers while it should refer in singular form to the employee WRONG  
(B) employers to inform employees that he has a  EMPLOYEES that HE HAS same error as above + subjunctive 
(C) employers to inform employees that there is a  That there is is not the ideal form, but let's keep it because there are no grammatical error even though subjunctive form would be preferable 
(D) that employers inform an employee of their  EMPLOYEE ... THEIR same error of pronoun  
(E) that employers inform the employees that they have a  Here is the tricky answer. You may be tempted to pick this one but if you closely pay attention you see that the pronoun THEY has NO CLEAR antecedent because it may be referring to employees or employers. Thus it's ambiguous and is WRONG

C is the correct answer.

HDg · Answer

Hi  Bunuel  or Experts,

Could you help to explain why "they" in Option E can't refer to the closest plural noun - "employees".

(E) that employers inform the employees that they have a

And why  "C) employers to inform..."  is preferred to  "E) that employers inform..." . I thought this is a subjunctive mood sentence as there is a demanding word ( require )

Much appreciated,

poorvi125 · Answer

isn't 'requires' rendering the sentence as Subjunctive and therefore isnt the use of 'to' incorrect?

prakashb2497 · Answer

I have the same doubt. That's why I chose E even though I spotted the incorrect pronoun. Can you please clarify?  sayantanc2k   Bunuel   daagh   KarishmaB

KarishmaB · Answer

No, nothing wrong with that.

I require you to sit down. 
I require to see the plaintiff.

But option (C) gives incomplete message. It doesn't say who has the right (...that there is a right to holidays... but who has the right??)
'they' in option (E) is ambiguous.

Since it's not an official question, don't worry about it.

Redwhite387 · Answer

In option C is the usage of 'there' correct ?

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