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LeGion12359 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Having/ Getting?

She insists him on having her opinions and rights recognized.
Can I say the above sentence thus without altering its meaning? If no,then why?
She insists him on getting her opinions and rights recognized.
  

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Your originals are wrong. These are possible: She insists that he recognize her opinions and rights. She insists on his recognizing her opinions and rights.

— Mister Micawber

  • Your originals are wrong.
  • These are possible: She insists that he recognize her opinions and rights.
  • She insists on his recognizing her opinions and rights.
  • She insists to him that she have her opinions and rights recognized.
  • The first two are the expected; the third is awkward but possible if the recognizer is not 'him'.
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Your originals are wrong. These are possible:

She insists that he recognize her opinions and rights.
She insists on his recognizing her opinions and rights.
She insists to him that she have her opinions and rights recognized.

The first two are the expected; the third is awkward but possible if the recognizer is not 'him'.
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Mister MicawberYour originals are wrong.
I took it from the internet.
What's the mistake? Doesn't it make sense?
Mister MicawberShe insists that he recognizes her opinions and rights. She insists to him that she have her opinions and rights recognized.
Alright. By the way
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LeGion12359I took it from the internet
That certainly doesn't make it right.
LeGion12359What's the mistake? Doesn't it make sense?
Bad grammar. I have fixed them.
LeGion12359She insists that he recognizes her opinions and rights. She insists to him that she
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Mister MicawberNo, not alright. No -'s'. 'Insist' calls for the subjunctive.
Thank you, I just read the subjunctive.
Mister MicawberSorry. Please study English more.
I will.
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LeGion12359She insists on having her opinions and rights recognized?
That's fine.
LeGion12359She insists to him on having a baby?
No. See my recastings above.
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LeGion12359She insists to him on having a baby?
No, that is incorrect.

She insists that he have a baby. (Actually, that's a biological impossibility, although the subjunctive mood is grammatically correct.)

She insists that she wants to have a baby. (This is not subjunctive mood.)
She insists on having a baby. (This is not subjunctive
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AlpheccaStarsShe insists that he have a baby. (Actually, that's a biological impossibility, although the subjunctive mood is grammatically correct.)
Oh my ***! What have I done.
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