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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
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Hi, will you review this sentence for me:

Didn't they suggest that you saw someone about your problem?

  

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anonymous Didn't they suggest that you saw see someone about your problem? , a clause with an uninflected verb. ) The police demanded that the crowd disperse.

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  • anonymous Didn't they suggest that you saw see someone about your problem?
  • , a clause with an uninflected verb.
  • ) The police demanded that the crowd disperse.
  • You can add 'should': Didn't ...
  • suggest that you should see someone ...?
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anonymousDidn't they suggest that you saw see someone about your problem?

'suggest' takes a mandative construction, i.e., a clause with an uninflected verb.

(Other verbs that take this construction include demand, insist, and recommend.)

The police demanded that the cr

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