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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Range and variety of tenses after words "suggest," "demand" and "recommend"
Hi. Please help. I am not sure but I think certain words like "suggest," "demand" and "recommend" trigger (?) the subjunctive mood, and I think among the five example sentences below, only no. 4 is in the subjunctive. I also think the tenses that are available for use after the word "suggest" is bigger in range and varied than after the words "demand" and "recommend." (I am not sure I wrote correctly to reflect what I wanted to say)
Also, do you think we can use the modal "would" after the word "suggested" like the number 5 example sentence?
eg,
1. He suggested that I shoud go ahead with the plan.
2. He suggested that I go ahead with the plan.
3. He suggested that this plan might be the right one.
4. He suggested that I follow this plan.
5. He suggested that I would go ahead with the plan.
Unlike for the word "suggest", only certain tenses seem to be correct (if not only the present) after the words "demand" and "recommend." What do you think? Thank you in advance.
eg,
He demanded that I follow the plan.
He recommended that I follow the plan.
Also, do you think we can use the modal "would" after the word "suggested" like the number 5 example sentence?
eg,
1. He suggested that I shoud go ahead with the plan.
2. He suggested that I go ahead with the plan.
3. He suggested that this plan might be the right one.
4. He suggested that I follow this plan.
5. He suggested that I would go ahead with the plan.
Unlike for the word "suggest", only certain tenses seem to be correct (if not only the present) after the words "demand" and "recommend." What do you think? Thank you in advance.
eg,
He demanded that I follow the plan.
He recommended that I follow the plan.
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) the subjunctive mood -- Right. and I think among the five example sentences below, only no. -- #2 and #4 are subjunctive.
- ) the subjunctive mood -- Right.
- and I think among the five example sentences below, only no.
- -- #2 and #4 are subjunctive.
- #1 is called 'putative should', which is an alternative to the subjunctive.
- #3 is grammatical and in use, but is really a redundancy, since 'suggest' and 'might' overlap in meaning.
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...I think certain words like "suggest," "demand" and "recommend" trigger (?) the subjunctive mood -- Right.
and I think among the five example sentences below, only no. 4 is in the subjunctive.-- #2 and #4 are subjunctive. #1 is called 'putative should', which is an alternative to the subjunctive. #3 is grammatical and in use, but is really a redundancy, since 'suggest' and
and I think among the five example sentences below, only no. 4 is in the subjunctive.-- #2 and #4 are subjunctive. #1 is called 'putative should', which is an alternative to the subjunctive. #3 is grammatical and in use, but is really a redundancy, since 'suggest' and
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2. He suggested that I go ahead with the plan.
As far as I know, it's even possible to say this sentence as
2. He suggested that I went ahead with the plan.
This might be an exclusively British thing, though.
As far as I know, it's even possible to say this sentence as
2. He suggested that I went ahead with the plan.
This might be an exclusively British thing, though.
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This might be an exclusively British thing, though.-- Not exclusively, because some Americans use it, too—but it sounds casual to me.
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Mister MicawberThis might be an exclusively British thing, though.-- Not exclusively, because some Americans use it, too—but it sounds casual to me.It's interesting how different languages overlap to a certain extent. In my native language, with "suggest" we use the present subjunctive and the putative should but the past subjunctive is never used.
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