Use of “insist” with modal “should”
Are the following sentences grammatically correct?
A) Henry’s parents insisted that he resigned from his job
B) Henry’s parents insisted that he should resign from his job.
C) Henry’s parent insisted that he should have resigned from his job.
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" This means that his parents commanded him to resign. Sentence A) is not possible here unless you mean that his parents wanted us to be sure that Henry had in fact resigned. Sentence B) doesn't work anywhere, I think, unless you want the unlikely meaning that his parents wanted to make it clear that he ought to resign, but even then it is muddy.
- " This means that his parents commanded him to resign.
- Sentence A) is not possible here unless you mean that his parents wanted us to be sure that Henry had in fact resigned.
- Sentence B) doesn't work anywhere, I think, unless you want the unlikely meaning that his parents wanted to make it clear that he ought to resign, but even then it is muddy.
- Sentence C) takes some imagination to dream up a scenario in which it is possible.
- It has been some weeks since Henry decided not to resign.
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In my US dialect, we would say "Henry’s parents insisted that he resign from his job." This means that his parents commanded him to resign.
Sentence A) is not possible here unless you mean that his parents wanted us to be sure that Henry had in fact resigned.
Sentence B) doesn't work anywhere, I think, unless you want the unlikely meaning that his parents wanted to make it clear t
0gray train 479Are the following sentences grammatically correct? Yes, but I wonder if they say what you mean.
A) Henry’s parents insisted that he resigned from his job.
B) Henry’s parents insisted that he should resign from his job.
C) Henry’s parent insisted that h
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