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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
'that' clause
Which of the following sentences is correct?
The will of nature is that man's life exist without sorrow.
The will of the nature is that man's life exists without sorrow.
Is it 'exist' or 'exists'??
The will of nature is that man's life exist without sorrow.
The will of the nature is that man's life exists without sorrow.
Is it 'exist' or 'exists'??
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The will of the nature is that man's life exists without sorrow. The verb agrees with the subject, in this case, man's life. I am not sure whether the sentence is meaningful.
- The will of the nature is that man's life exists without sorrow.
- The verb agrees with the subject, in this case, man's life.
- I am not sure whether the sentence is meaningful.
- I am eager to know what a native speaker thinks.
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The will of the nature is that man's life exists without sorrow.
The verb agrees with the subject, in this case, man's life.
I am not sure whether the sentence is meaningful.
I am eager to know what a native speaker thinks.
The verb agrees with the subject, in this case, man's life.
I am not sure whether the sentence is meaningful.
I am eager to know what a native speaker thinks.
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AnonymousIs it 'exist' or 'exists'??'exist', a subjunctive form after an expression of volition.
If you don't like thinking about subjunctives, think of it as:
The will of nature is that man's life should exist without sorrow.
with should omitted.
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vsureshI am not sure whether the sentence is meaningful.I agree with you. First of all, besides the meaning problem, it is not a good example to demonstrate the use of "that".
The other issues I see are in concept, syntax and word choices. Did you want to use "will of nature" for " ***'s will?"
Having said that, if the purpose of this se
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