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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

are or is

0This has been driving me nuts at work. I think are shoud be is. Am i correct?02br
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00it is important that any contact with customers on the lists ARE to be recorded on the data sheet/s0-
  

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02br 02br 00It's important that any contact... 0-

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0Neither.02br
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00It's important that any contact... be recorded on the data sheets.02br
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00It's the subjunctive.0-
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1i00be recorded02i02br
01i00should be recorded 02i00(more BrE)02br
01i00is recorded02i00 (the least formal)02br
00are all OK here. 0-
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0What about: It is important that any contact with customers is/are recorded on the data sheets Thanks for all your help. j0-
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0If you don't want to use the subjunctive, then use "is" - the CONTACT is recorded.0-
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0Thanks for your help. It is most appreciated.0-
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0 Barb, in case you are still here, lurking...01blockquote
01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10If you don't want to use the subjunctive, then use "is" - the CONTACT is recorded.12blockquote
10Is it common to use the present tense in those cases, instead of the present subjunctive "be" or the bare infinitive, in American English? I thought t
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0 The present is informal in both BrE and AmE. 0-
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0K, my strong preference, as shown in my first post, is for "be."0-
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