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The D In Paris Posted 19 years ago
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"English Phrasal Verbs in Use" by Cambridge University Press:

0I found the following phrase in "English Phrasal Verbs in Use" by Cambridge University Press:02br
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0Well, at first glance, you say "Oh my gosh, no! "02br 02br 00If, on the other hand, "she" was missing, and people were talking about where she might be, I can see this discription of the discussion: "Peter thought she was taking a nap, while Evelyn though she was at the pub. 0-

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  • 0Well, at first glance, you say "Oh my gosh, no!
  • "02br 02br 00If, on the other hand, "she" was missing, and people were talking about where she might be, I can see this discription of the discussion: "Peter thought she was taking a nap, while Evelyn though she was at the pub.
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0Well, at first glance, you say "Oh my gosh, no! It should be 01i00 I suggestd she GO to the library02i00." But that would only be true if you had been making that suggestion to "her."02br
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00If, on the other hand, "she" was missing, and people were talking about where she might be, I can see this discription of the discussion: "Peter thought she wa
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01cite10The D In Paris12cite10I found the following phrase in "English Phrasal Verbs in Use" by Cambridge University Press:12br
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10 "... I suggested she went to the library .. "12br
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10I've read that "I suggested she went to the library", "I su
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0 GG,02br
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00 I agree with your analysis. The question is whether the Cambridge example was implicitly a claim that 01i00I suggested she went to the library02i00 had the 01u00same02u00 meaning as 01i00I suggested she go to the library02i00, in which case it must be a British thing.02br
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0 AmE02br
00 Several verbs (01i00suggest, recommend, ask02i00, etc) require the subjunctive after them: 02br
01i00I suggested she 01b00go 02b00to the library.02i02br
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00 The subjunctive is avoided in such constructions, and the 01b00should + infinitive
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