It is better + subject + not do
Hello,
I came across this line while reading an essay, written by a non-native English speaker though, about reducing crime rates.
“It is better the government not only create a better economy condition for cirtizens but consider other plans to decrease overcrowdedness in cities”
My question is, is it correct to say ‘it is better the government not only create’? I don’t know why I feel a strong desire to say the sentence with ‘that’ between ‘better’ and ‘the government’.
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Adding 'that' makes the sentence more readable, but it is not required. Instead of the mandative construction (subjunctive) 'the government not only create', I think I might use a for ... to ...
- Adding 'that' makes the sentence more readable, but it is not required.
- Instead of the mandative construction (subjunctive) 'the government not only create', I think I might use a for ...
- to ...
- clause.
- It is better for the government not only to create better economic conditions for citizens, but to consider other plans to decrease overcrowdedness in cities.
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Adding 'that' makes the sentence more readable, but it is not required.
Instead of the mandative construction (subjunctive) 'the government not only create', I think I might use a for ... to ... clause.
It is better for the government not only to create better economic conditions for citizens, but to consider other plans to decrease overcrowdedness in cities.
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