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Newguest Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary
Person receive
It is recommended that the average person receive .............
--- Why "receive" and not "receives"?
Top answer
Subjunctive.
- Subjunctive.
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Why "receive" and not "receives"?
recommend, suggest, demand, and insist are among the verbs that govern the mandative construction (i.e., "present subjunctive" or plain form of the verb).
An alternate form has 'should': recommended that the average person should receive ..., so you may wish to think of these mandative
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