求助一道GWD语法老题 答案不一致~

nana1210

Several financial officers of the company spoke on condition that they not be named in the press reports.
A.that they not be named
B.that their names will not be used
C.that their names are not used
D.of not having their names
E.of not naming them

GWD一套说答案是A    另一套答案是C    正确选项应该是什么呢？
还有请教一下on condition 的用法？
谢谢~

nana1210

怎么木有人呀。。。

Invanka

Let us presume you did not know this is subjunctive use then also there are other clues to help you.

"named in the press reports" is less ambiguos than "used in the press reports" (used to create the reports? used to bind the reports?).

This eliminates B and C

"Condition of X" will hold true is X is a noun and not a phrase such as "condition of anonymity" or "condition of the house" etc.

"Condition that X" however can be used when X is a pharse or rather in the event of X happening only then......

Hope this helps,

recoupsin

必然选A，on condition that + 动词原形的，而且如果选c的话就会造成时态的不一致。（GMAT中如果你想改变时态要有理由：有明显的时间状语，或者你可以根据句子之间的逻辑结构推出来。要是不可以的最好不要改。A的好处的符合on condition that 的习惯搭配，并且避免了时态错误的问题。

nana1210

thanks a lot~

nana1210

谢谢回答~

潜寒

我觉得A的句义不对。。。be named 是被命名的意思啊，officers的条件并不是说他们不能被命名啊。

而C的句义是对的，name不能被用，这是officers 提出的条件

请NN指教

geegee

a: 是would not be named的省略。选择a,我支持。
其他时态不对，或者of用的不对。

koyikoyi

be named 不是表示命名的意思吗？我感觉题目说的意思是这帮Officers 的名字不会出现在report上，A选项的意思说得过去吗？他们不会被起名字？