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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

3rd person without "s" after "that"

I was wondering about some sentences where there is no s at the and of a verb even though it is in 3rd person - like in the sentence "A lot of things happened here this weekend and it is not really necessary that your mother know about them".
What is the grammatical background/explanation for this?
  

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Anonymous What is the grammatical background/explanation for this? The clause is in the subjunctive mood. ")

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AnonymousWhat is the grammatical background/explanation for this?
The clause is in the subjunctive mood.
See point #4 under "Guidelines for using the subjunctive" here:
http://grammar.about.com/od/rs/g/subjuncterm05.htm

(Statements of necessity, e
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