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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

asking sb. "be" there or "to be" there?

I thought this was obvious that the answer was "to be". But I from time to time see the other used in cases such as this:

"They are asking the youth and their parents be there at 7:30am to help with set up and during certifications."

Is the use of "be there" correct?
  

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Thank you for the reply. However, while I was waiting for a reply on the forum I asked a friend about it. He said this was correct, saying it was of the sentence structure such as this below:

They're asking (that) the youth and their parents pick up the room after the certification.

where "pick up", as "be there" is, is in its original verb form. Thoughts?
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AnonymousThey're asking (that) the youth and their parents pick up the room after the certification.where "pick up", as "be there" is, is in its original verb form. Thoughts?
"pick up the room" makes no sense to me. Also, it seems that "youth" should be "youths". However, the main point relevant to your question is that the word "that" cannot be omitted. "They
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GPY AnonymousThey're asking (that) the youth and their parents pick up the room after the certification.where "pick up", as "be there" is, is in its original verb form. Thoughts?"pick up the room" makes no sense to me. Also, it seems that "youth" should be "youths". However, the main point relevant to your question is that the word "that" cannot be omitted. "They are aski
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GPYthe word "that" cannot be omitted.
Or perhaps I should say that it's a strain to omit "that", and it makes the sentence harder to read and prone to looking like an error or like archaic writing.
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tamguatlayI was taught that "youth" is singular as well as plural? Is there a difference in meaning between "youth" (plural) and "youths"?
"youths" refers to several individual young males (can have negative nuance); "youth", in the "plural" sense that I think you are referring to, refers to young people considered as a large mass. To me, the original example
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GPY"The country's youth is/are dissatisfied"
Thanks, GPY.

Is it correct to say "The country's youth is dissatisfied"?
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tamguatlayIs it correct to say "The country's youth is dissatisfied"?
Yes. Both singular and plural verb may be used in this case, depending on preference.
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