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One of the most powerful driving forces

by sam Sat Aug 16, 2008 1:14 am

One of the most powerful driving forces behind recycling is the threat of legislation that would require companies that they take more responsibility for the disposal of its products.

(A) that they take more responsibility for the disposal of its products
(B) that they should take more responsibility for disposing of products
(C) having to take more responsibility for disposing of their products
(D) to take more responsibility for the disposal of their products
(E) taking more responsibility for their product’s disposal


OA is D - however, does't require always come with a that?
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Re: One of the most powerful driving forces

by viksnme Sat Aug 16, 2008 7:00 am

sam Wrote:One of the most powerful driving forces behind recycling is the threat of legislation that would require companies that they take more responsibility for the disposal of its products.

(A) that they take more responsibility for the disposal of its products
(B) that they should take more responsibility for disposing of products
(C) having to take more responsibility for disposing of their products
(D) to take more responsibility for the disposal of their products
(E) taking more responsibility for their product’s disposal


OA is D - however, does't require always come with a that?


It will depend on the usage. I guess, the following variations are correct -
- forces require that companies take more responsibility
- forces require companies to take more responsibility

You may check any online dictionary to know more about the usage of 'require'.
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by RonPurewal Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:01 am

nope.
in fact, this construction - require X to do Y - is probably the single most common idiomatic construction involving the verb 'require'.
it also shows up fairly often in the passive voice: X is required to do Y.

require can also be used simply with a noun as its direct object, without any sort of helping words: we will require at least 15 days to process your request, or simply we will require 15 days.
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by rtfact Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:59 am

is "require that X Y" a correct idiom?
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by JonathanSchneider Thu Oct 30, 2008 2:53 am

If you put the word "that" in there, you're asking for the subjunctive. You'd have to say: require that X (subjunctive verb) Y." Example: The teacher requires that his students write a new paper every week.