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I have an sentence "It is critical that the researchers ____ everything deafly to the participants before asking them to complete questionnaire"

I'm wondering to fill in that blank is "explain" or "must explain". Is that sentence is the subjunctive?

  

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keyboard cpu I have an sentence "It is critical that the researchers ____ everything deafly clearly to the participants before asking them to complete the questionnaire" I'm wondering to whether I should fill in that blank with is "explain" or "must explain". Is that sentence is in the subjunctive? Fill in the blank with "explain".

— CalifJim

  • keyboard cpu I have an sentence "It is critical that the researchers ____ everything deafly clearly to the participants before asking them to complete the questionnaire" I'm wondering to whether I should fill in that blank with is "explain" or "must explain".
  • Is that sentence is in the subjunctive?
  • Fill in the blank with "explain".
  • Yes, "explain" is subjunctive, but it is in the plural here, to create subject-verb agreement with "researchers", so it is indistinguishable from the indicative.
  • CJ
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I have an sentence "It is critical that the researchers ____ everything deafly clearly to the participants before asking them to complete the questionnaire"

I'm wondering to whether I should fill in tha

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