Choose the most appropriate conditional discourse marker to complete the formal policy statement:
The ministry will disburse the research grant, ________ that the university submits audited quarterly expenditure statements.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. provided
Answer: provided. Why not the others: 'supposing' introduces a hypothetical or speculative question rather than a contractual condition; 'unless' expresses a negative condition meaning 'if not'; 'otherwise' is a conjunctive adverb meaning 'or else' and cannot head a subordinate that-clause.
- Step 1: Determine the meaning needed: the ministry's grant disbursement is dependent upon the fulfillment of a specific prerequisite condition ('on the condition that').
- Step 2: The formal conditional conjunction pairing with 'that' to express an affirmative prerequisite is 'provided that' (or 'providing that').
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