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- grammaticality - Why is this sentence correct? “She suggested that he . . .
Why is this sentence correct? She suggested that he go to the cinema I would definitely use goes instead of go
- grammar - Its suggested that he work hard. Its suggested that he . . .
It's suggested that he work hard - Correct After the use of some verbs such as suggest, demand, insist, etc , which imply an obligation, followed by "that", the verb in the object clause usually takes the subjunctive, which is "work" in this case It may also be useful to know that (some) British speakers might not follow this rule
- grammar - Suggest - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
She suggested they go for a walk in the park She suggested a walk in the park In the same way: She suggested going to the gym after work is ok but when you need a subject then you need a subordinate clause with an uninflected verb (the so-called "mandative subjunctive"): She suggested that he go to the gym after work
- grammar - suggested they do suggested they would do? - English . . .
They suggested he get there early [subjunctive mandative] They suggested he should get there early [should mandative] They suggested he gets there there early [covert mandative] On the acceptability of these, same source: Clear cases of the covert construction are fairly rare, and indeed in AmE are of somewhat marginal acceptability
- suggests or suggested? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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- tenses - I suggested we go together I suggested we went together . . .
I suggested we go together I suggested we went together Which is the correct usage? Ask Question Asked 12 years, 9 months ago Modified 3 years, 1 month ago
- Suggest Usage - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
My father suggested that I subscribe to Newsweek In the above, I subscribe to Newsweek is a fully complete, grammatical sentence Encourage works differently It does not take a complete S as its complement; it takes what Lexical-Functional Grammar calls an XCOMP, which is essentially a non-finite verb phrase
- grammar - how to parse as suggested is your best option - English . . .
As suggested is your best option In case the sentence is difficult to understand, consider a context as follows: Although further opportunities may arise later, I think, for now, as suggested is your best option The structure seems natural, at least to me, even if uncommon, but also poses a question I find challenging
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