Subjunctive/mandative with argue
Does the part in italics below sounds strange?
People who complain about the media tend to implicitly judge it by the standard of perfection, while either offering no alternative or arguing that people instead listen to sources that are even worse. They find it easy to list its mistakes, including WMDs, Russiagate, and the narratives surrounding various shootings of young black men.
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anonymous Does the part in italics below sounds strange? It sounds like it doesn't say what you want it to. "
- anonymous Does the part in italics below sounds strange?
- It sounds like it doesn't say what you want it to.
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anonymousDoes the part in italics below sounds strange?
It sounds like it doesn't say what you want it to. I can only guess that you meant "arguing that people should instead listen to sources that are even worse."
0anonymousDoes the part in italics belowsoundssound strange?
After auxiliary do (do, does, did) you must use the plain form of the verb.
Yes, it does, but that has nothing to do with the subjunctive (mandative construction).
I think they left out "should".
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