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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Correct sentence

" The hospital requires that each patient complete an admissions form"

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" The hospital requires that each patient completes an admissions form"

I think the first sentence is right but why not the second? Don't we have a " third person" case? The patient, he completes
  

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Hi, "The hospital requires that each patient complete an admissions form" The sentence is OK. The " complete " is a subjunctive here. This sort of subjunctives, so called present subjunctives, one can use after the verbs of command or suggestion: He recommended she stay the night at the friend's house.

— Anonymous

  • Hi, "The hospital requires that each patient complete an admissions form" The sentence is OK.
  • The " complete " is a subjunctive here.
  • This sort of subjunctives, so called present subjunctives, one can use after the verbs of command or suggestion: He recommended she stay the night at the friend's house.
  • They requested that they not be disturbed.
  • PS: when in doubt, I insert the modal 'should' before such a subjunctive to get the "grammatical fulness" of the sentence.
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Hi,

"The hospital requires that each patient complete an admissions form"

The sentence is OK. The "complete" is a subjunctive here. This sort of subjunctives, so called present subjunctives, one can use after the verbs of command or suggestion:

He recommended she stay the night at the friend's house.

They requested that they not be distur
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