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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Plural or Singular?
When making a recommendation aimed at a group of people, such as a board of directors, would you say:
- ...to address this we recommend the board of directors adopts an internal audit...
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- ...to address this we recommend the board of directors adopt an internal audit
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- ...to address this we recommend the board of directors adopts an internal audit...
or
- ...to address this we recommend the board of directors adopt an internal audit
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This is not a matter of singular and plural. After recommend you need the subjunctive adopt . To address this, we recommend the board of directors adopt an internal audit.
- This is not a matter of singular and plural.
- After recommend you need the subjunctive adopt .
- To address this, we recommend the board of directors adopt an internal audit.
- (As a side issue, I'm not sure adopt is the correct verb here.
- ) CJ
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This is not a matter of singular and plural. After recommend you need the subjunctive adopt.
To address this, we recommend the board of directors adopt an internal audit.
(As a side issue, I'm not sure adopt is the correct verb here. have an internal audit done?)
CJ
To address this, we recommend the board of directors adopt an internal audit.
(As a side issue, I'm not sure adopt is the correct verb here. have an internal audit done?)
CJ
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