720. The concept of the grand jury dates from the twelfth century, when Henry II of England ordered panels of common citizens should prepare lists of who were their communities suspected criminals.
(A) should prepare lists of who were their communities suspected criminals
(B) would do the preparation of lists of their communities suspected criminals
(C) preparing lists of suspected criminals in their communities
(D) the preparing of a list of suspected criminals in their communities
(E) to prepare lists of suspected criminals in their communities
Solution:
OG Solution:
Choice E is best: the infinitive to prepare follows the verb ordered, producing the grammatical and idiomatic sequence x ordered y to do z. By contrast, should prepare in A and would do in B produce ungrammatical sequences: x ordered y should/ would do z. In C, preparing . . . communities functions as a participial phrase modifying citizens rather than as a verb phrase describing what the citizens were ordered to do. In D, the construction ordered panels of common citizens the preparing is unidiomatic.
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(A) should prepare lists of who were their communities suspected criminals
(B) would do the preparation of lists of their communities suspected criminals
(C) preparing lists of suspected criminals in their communities
(D) the preparing of a list of suspected criminals in their communities
(E) to prepare lists of suspected criminals in their communities
Solution:
OG Solution:
Choice E is best: the infinitive to prepare follows the verb ordered, producing the grammatical and idiomatic sequence x ordered y to do z. By contrast, should prepare in A and would do in B produce ungrammatical sequences: x ordered y should/ would do z. In C, preparing . . . communities functions as a participial phrase modifying citizens rather than as a verb phrase describing what the citizens were ordered to do. In D, the construction ordered panels of common citizens the preparing is unidiomatic.
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