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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
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"That would be my mother" / Verb words

0 Hi!02br
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00 I'm trying to explain the following concepts to someone learning English, but I'm not sure how. Can anybody help me? 02br
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00 1. "There is only one person who can help me when I'm feeling sad, and that would be my mother."02br
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00 She's confused by 'that would be my mother.' 02br
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00 2. "The doctor suggested that she not smoke."02br
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00 I can't for the life of me explain why this is correct. The grammar book says something about "verb words," but I'm not familiar with these myself.02br
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00 Thanks in advance for your advice!02br
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0 01blockquote 02br 12br 101. "12br 102. "12br 12br 101.

— Dehbaash

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101. "There is only one person who can help me when I'm feeling sad, and that would be my mother."12br
102. "The doctor suggested that she not smoke."12br
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101. "There is only one person who can help me when I'm feeling sad, and that (11b10person12b10) would be my mother."1
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0Hi Brooke,02br
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00I think we need a context about your first sentence. Could you write down the rest?02br
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00As for the second, it is a matter of subjunctive mood. In noun clauses following certain verbs like "suggest", "recommend", "insist" etc. we can use "bare infinitive" instead of finite verbs and "infinitives" aren't limited by the subject o
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Hi!12br
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10I'm trying to explain the following concepts to someone learning English, but I'm not sure how. Can anybody help me? 12br
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101. "There is only one person who can help me when I'm feeling sad, and that would be my mother."12br
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0katsudon wrote:01blockquote
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11font10"The doctor suggested that she eat more fruit." [not 'eats']12font12br
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11font10"The doctor suggested that she sleep more." [not 'sleeps']12font12br
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10You should write:-12br
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0Hello Dehbaash01blockquote
01cite10Dehbaash12cite10You should write:-12br
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10a)11font10 "The doctor suggested that she 11b10eats12b10 more fruit." 12font10 ( third person singular)12br
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10I love your idiolec
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0maybe there you can add a word "If" in the first sentence.02br
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00you can understand it easily.02br
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00and suggest + 00Subjunctive Mood02br
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00so the second one is right02br
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0Guys! It`s not a question of laugh! 02br
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00Something wrong with this 01b00third person singular02b00...02br
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00I am sure that Dehbaash is wrong with the matter...02br
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00Somebody, judge us!0-
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0How about the following sentences, Paco?02br
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00a) "That 01b00she eats02b00 more fruit is what the doctor suggested."02br
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00b) "That she 01b00should eat02b00 more fruit is what the doctor suggested."0-
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10I am sure that Dehbaash is wrong with the matter...12br
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10I am sure that Chaoss is wrong 01b00in this02b00 matter.0-
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0Thus we need someone proficient enough in English grammar to judge us about the matter.02br
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00Someone, help us!02br
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