Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 109, Mar 19th 2011

Most state constitutions now mandate that the state budget be balanced each year.

(A) mandate that the state budget be balanced
(B) mandate the state budget to be balanced
(C) mandate that the state budget will be balanced
(D) have a mandate for a balanced state budget
(E) have a mandate to balance the state budget


Solution (Posted on Mar 21st):

Choice A is the best. The base form of verb - 'be' is correctly used with the subjunctive - 'mandate'. 

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