Sentence Correction

Spurred by negative press stemming from a dog attack, the Mayor proposed a city ordinance requiring the owners of dogs to be leashed in all public places, including dog parks .

a. the owners of dogs to be leashed in all public places, including dog parks
b. the leashing of owners of dogs in all public places, including dog parks
c. that owners leash their dogs in all public places, including dog parks
d. that dogs be leashed in all public places, including dog parks, by their owners
e. dogs to be leashed by their owners in all public places, including dog parks

[spoiler]Source : kaplan cat2, OA later[/spoiler]

imo C

IMO C

a. the owners of dogs to be leashed in all public places, including dog parks
Changes the intended meaning of the sentence.

b. the leashing of owners of dogs in all public places, including dog parks
Wrong Idiom - "Requiring that..." is right.

c. that owners leash their dogs in all public places, including dog parks
Looks correct. Uses right idiom and correctly placed modifiers.

d. that dogs be leashed in all public places, including dog parks, by their owners
"by their owners " is not clear on dog owners or park owners.

e. dogs to be leashed by their owners in all public places, including dog parks
Wrong Idiom once again.

Let me know if I am Right /Wrong.

I'll go with C too.

A: Changes meaning (If that were the intended meaning, it would be one hell of an ordinance )
B: Also changes meaning, still dwelling on leashing the owners.
C: This seems about right
D: Passive, not the best form of sentence construction.
E: 'to be' is incorrect idiom, as pointed out above.

I love this question, not so much from the grammatical stand point as from the prospect of having owners leashed

IMO E

I will go with 'C'. Pls post OA.

IMO C Please post OA!!!!!!

whats the OA?

I will go with C

requiring that ..is the idiom . Answer is b/w C and E.

E is passive.

Thanks,
Viju

sumanr84 wrote:Spurred by negative press stemming from a dog attack, the Mayor proposed a city ordinance requiring the owners of dogs to be leashed in all public places, including dog parks .

a. the owners of dogs to be leashed in all public places, including dog parks
b. the leashing of owners of dogs in all public places, including dog parks
c. that owners leash their dogs in all public places, including dog parks
d. that dogs be leashed in all public places, including dog parks, by their owners
e. dogs to be leashed by their owners in all public places, including dog parks

[spoiler]Source : kaplan cat2, OA later[/spoiler]

IMO E.

I think they will say requiring ...to is correct usage of idioms
so i think its E

OA : C
OE : The proper form is " require/ing that X Y " or, in this case, " requiring that owners leash ..." (C) is the only choice that uses this correct form. (A) and (B) absurdly state that the owners must be leashed. Choice (D) uses the passive voice, which is not always wrong on Sentence Correction questions, but frequently is. (D) also misplaces the modifier " by their owners " . This modifier modifies " be leashed " and should therefore appear next to " be leashed " . Choice (E) mistakenly implies that the onus is on the dogs, while in fact the onus is on the owners to obey the ordinance if it gets passed.

sumanr84 wrote:Choice (E) mistakenly implies that the onus is on the dogs, while in fact the onus is on the owners to obey the ordinance if it gets passed.

..oh
but here
dogs to be leashed by their owners

it says 'by thier owner'....i dont think sentence gives meaning that burden is on dogs....not owner
so confused about that explanation

@frank1 - I agree with you on OE.

I eliminated E mainly because it looked wordy and passive to me.

owners leash their dogs is better than dogs to be leashed by their owners

BTW, OE is the Official Explanation provided by Kaplan for this question (not by me) - just to avoid any confusion..

IMO: C