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be or to be?
The Productivity Commission has devised a plan that proposes the national system for heritage listing. It met in Adelaide today to take public submissions. Its plan proposes individual conservation agreements be drawn up for each property, effectively making listing voluntary.
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Its plan proposes individual conservation agreements be drawn up for each property
Would the meaning change if instead of be was written to be in this sentence??Its plan proposes individual conservation agreements to be drawn up for each property.
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Its plan proposes individual conservation agreements be drawn up for each property
Would the meaning change if instead of be was written to be in this sentence??Its plan proposes individual conservation agreements to be drawn up for each property.
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This is subjunctive "be", and it should be left there, or replaced by "should be," but not by "to be": Its plan proposes individual conservation agreements be drawn up for each property, effectively making listing voluntary . Its plan proposes that individual conservation agreements should be drawn up for each property, effectively making listing voluntary . It indicates things which are recommended to be done, or even mandatory, thus the subjunctive.
- This is subjunctive "be", and it should be left there, or replaced by "should be," but not by "to be": Its plan proposes individual conservation agreements be drawn up for each property, effectively making listing voluntary .
- Its plan proposes that individual conservation agreements should be drawn up for each property, effectively making listing voluntary .
- It indicates things which are recommended to be done, or even mandatory, thus the subjunctive.
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This is subjunctive "be", and it should be left there, or replaced by "should be," but not by "to be":
Its plan proposes individual conservation agreements be drawn up for each property, effectively making listing
Its plan proposes individual conservation agreements be drawn up for each property, effectively making listing
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