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Pokh Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Subjunctive

The budget for education reflects the administration's demand that the money be controlled by local school districts.

Can subjunctive be used when DEMAND is used as Object (Noun)? In Most of the sentence ,i have noticed when DEMAND is used as verb it calls for a subjunctive mood eg : He demanded all be present.....

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>> I think the sentence has an issue with construction. As stand, it sounds pretty odd to my ear. This is what I would say: The adminstartion demands that the budget for education be controlled by the local district.

— Dimsumexpress

  • >> I think the sentence has an issue with construction.
  • As stand, it sounds pretty odd to my ear.
  • This is what I would say: The adminstartion demands that the budget for education be controlled by the local district.
  • Now this sentence is subjunctive.
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<<<The budget for education reflects the administration's demand that the money be controlled by local school districts.>>

I think the sentence has an issue with construction. As stand, it sounds pretty odd to my ear.

This is what I would say: The adminstartion demands that the budget for education be controlled by the local district.

Now this sentence is
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