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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Remain or remains

Should the sentence read:
The doctor insists that John remain in bed.
  

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Anonymous Should the sentence read:The doctor insists that John remain in bed. After "insists that", use the plain form of the verb ( remain ), not the inflected form with "s" ( remains ). CJ

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous Should the sentence read:The doctor insists that John remain in bed.
  • After "insists that", use the plain form of the verb ( remain ), not the inflected form with "s" ( remains ).
  • CJ
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Anonymous Should the sentence read:The doctor insists that John remain in bed.
After "insists that", use the plain form of the verb (remain), not the inflected form with "s" (remains).

CJ
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'Remains' would be rather more likely in British English.
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