The chief justice proposed that the controversial judicial reform bill ______ referred back to the legislative committee.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. be
- Step 1: The verb 'propose' followed by a that-clause governs the mandative subjunctive mood. The passive subjunctive requires the uninflected base form 'be', regardless of third-person singular subjects. Answer: be. Why not the others: "was" uses past indicative, which is ungrammatical in mandative subjunctive clauses expressing proposals; "is being" uses present progressive indicative instead of the required mandative base 'be'; "must be" adds redundant modal 'must' inside a clause already syntactically governed by 'proposed'.
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