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A) Private schools require their future students not only to submit their applications a week before deadline, but to go through an online questionnaire a month before.
B) A private school requires its future students to not only submit their applications a week casino pa natet before deadline, but also go through an online questionnaire a month before.
C) Private schools require that their future students should not only submit their applications a week before deadline, but also go through an online questionnaire a month before.
D) Private schools require that their future students not only submit their applications a week before deadline, but also go through an online questionnaire a month before.
E) A private school requires that its future students should not only submit their applications a week before deadline, but also go through an online questionnaire a month before.
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My answer is C) Private schools require that their future students should not only submit their applications a week before deadline, but also go through an online questionnaire a month before.
I think it is (A).
Sergii and Alisa, could you please explain your choices?
I will announce the correct answer in a couple of days to let people make up their minds
1) require + thing/person + infinitive
2) Parallel structure is correct:
not only to submit… but to go through
So my choice is (A).
I’d also like to add that it is grammatically incorrect to use “should” in a sentence containing a command subjunctive, it infuses redundancy.
I think the correct answer is “C”
In my opinion the right answer is B. it is inappropriate to use “their” for schools. + variant “E” changes the meaning of the sentence.
To my mind, the correct answer is (C):
1) plural form of school (schools) reflects the intended author’s meaning;
2) not only, but also;
3) correct use of subjunctive mood: require + that + infinitive without “to”
By the way, the sentence given in answer choice (C) is not the best, because “require” doensn’t need “should” – modal words in subjunctive closes are redundant.
Oh, now I can see, that there is an answer choice (D) that omits this redundancy (should). How could I didn’t match it at first?..
I’ve changed my mind – the correct answer is (D)
100% D )
I think correct answer is A. Because “but” in the sentence means “except”, so other answers after “but” followed by “also” which I think is incorrect. I think all answers are incorrect, but A
Thank all of you for participating! It was very interesting to read your thoughts on this question. I hope to hear from you in further Problems of the week
Correct answer is D
with such verbs as require, suggest, order, demand, mandate etc. we can use
either Complex Object: require him to go home (v + noun + to do)
or Subjunctive Mood: require that he go home/ that Homework be done (v + that + n + infinitive without “to”)
This leaves us with answers B (Complex Object) and D (Subjunctive Mood), as these answers use not only…but also correctly.
On GMAT SC Subjunctive mood, if grammatically correct, is always more preferable than Complex Object when both constructions are given.
i guess its c