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Roccololipop Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

suggest+noun clause in the simple present tense?

01) I suggest that 01font00he sell02font00 the car.02br
002) I suggest that 01font00he sells02font00 the car.02br
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00We know that no 1 is correct. Is no 2 also correct? 0-
  

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0 So the information at 01a05000 02a00 is incorrect. 02br
00It says 01font00"Mark suggests that he sells/should sell his house" 00is correct. 02font0230hrefhttp://www.visualesl.com/pages/en/english_suggestions
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0I'm not familiar with the site; but the writer may well be of BrE origin. 02br
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00(In BrE, you could use "sells", "should sell", or the subjunctive "sell". The last option has become more popular in the last two decades, in BrE, in contexts where "should sell" would once have been predominant.)02br
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0 Thank you soo much. That was really a satisfactory explanation.[Y]0-
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0The subjunctive mood forms: 02br
02br
01i00should sell02i02br
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01i00sell02i02br
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01i00Sells02i00 is informal. 0-
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can u show me some verb which is similar to suggest
for example order , mandate
suggest he be the King
order he be the King
etc
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