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joe11

Q17: = Q24.

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

Suggested answers: 17. C  24.E.

Q 17 and Q24 are identical, but suggested answers are quite different.

Why not  A ?  

[此贴子已经被作者于2004-12-13 4:23:56编辑过]

那颗星

I just finished this test. These two different answers confused me, too. I chose A at first. But after checking the answers, I think "on condition that..."should be followed with a common clause. That is to say, it does not have to use the Subjunctive Mood which is used in A. According to the whole meaning of the sentence, the "on condition that..." clause should be in the Present Tense to express the common rules. So at present, I think C is the best answer.

Hopefully, more cders will discuss about it later!

LES

我选A。理由“on condition that + 虚拟”。

刚刚查了一下longman，发现“on condition that+虚拟”，并不是绝对原则，但是在该字典里搜到了这样一个例句：

Two employees agreed to speak to us on condition that they not be named.

所以还是确认选A。

另外可以排除C和E的理由有：

对于C，name有动词形式，那么根据“动词优于抽象名词”原则，应该使用name的动词形式。

对于E，1. on condition of 没有这个用法；2. 在逻辑主语不明确的时候，“被动优于主动”。

LES

刚刚搜了一下大全，发现有一题目未划线部分与joe的题略微有差异，但是并不影响句子结构，给出的答案也是A，供大家参考：

636.        Several senior officials spoke to the press on condition that they not be named in the story.

(A) that they not be named
(B) that their names will not be used
(C) that their names are not used
(D) of not being named（A）
(E) they will not be named

大全636同885-Section 04 -14

leeon

Agree A.

joe11

oh... 搞清楚了，就是A 了。

谢谢！

skyalan

嘿嘿～～少错2个的感觉真好

juningw

以下是引用LES在2004-12-13 9:44:00的发言：

我选A。理由“on condition that + 虚拟”。

刚刚查了一下longman，发现“on condition that+虚拟”，并不是绝对原则，但是在该字典里搜到了这样一个例句：

Two employees agreed to speak to us on condition that they not be named.

所以还是确认选A。

另外可以排除C和E的理由有：

对于C，name有动词形式，那么根据“动词优于抽象名词”原则，应该使用name的动词形式。

对于E，1. on condition of 没有这个用法；2. 在逻辑主语不明确的时候，“被动优于主动”。

这里on condition是插入语。of是接spoke的，speak of。

windflower560

  A 同意

philipsnf

白勇的《GMAT语法全解》第92页第18几乎一样，选A