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Victor_amelkin Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Subjunctive

Hello,

Could you please review the following sentences in order

to check whether the subjunctive is used correctly?

* I recommend that she depart immediately.

* It is necessary that the room be furnished in the same way it was before repairs.

* It was necessary that the room were furnished in the same way it was before repairs.

Thanks in advance.

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Victor
  

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I am not saying that any one of them is really wrong but my preference would be to use the indicative in the last sentence: It was necessary that the room was furnished in the same way it was before repairs. I would prefer this because whatever was necessary has been carried out and the speaker's opinion can no longer bear on the matter. CB

— Cool Breeze

  • I am not saying that any one of them is really wrong but my preference would be to use the indicative in the last sentence: It was necessary that the room was furnished in the same way it was before repairs.
  • I would prefer this because whatever was necessary has been carried out and the speaker's opinion can no longer bear on the matter.
  • CB
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I am not saying that any one of them is really wrong but my preference would be to use the indicative in the last sentence: It was necessary that the room was furnished in the same way it was before repairs. I would prefer this because whatever was necessary has been carried out and the speaker's opinion can no longer bear on the matter.

CB
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