Use of verb "insist" in this context

harry1999He might have been insisting that she (should) send her photographs.

This is correct.

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harry1999He might have been insisting that she (should) send her photographs.

It is grammatically correct, but syntactically awkward and illogical. The verb "Insist" is rarely used in PP continuous, and in this case, "might" added more perplexity to the obscurity. This is a subjunctive sentence which should either be in simp

grammarfreakIt is grammatically correct, but syntactically awkward and illogical.

It is fine in the right context.

grammarfreak The verb "Insist" is rarely used in PP continuous,

There are over 100 citations for it in the Corpus of Contemporary American English.

grammarfreakIt is grammatically correct, but syntactically awkward and illogical.

In the proper context, it seems perfectly natural to me.

We often have this problem in evaluating sentences out of context.

Unfortunately, it may take a bit of imagination.

Regards,

- A.

Edit.

You're to fast fo

I didn't mean to post the last thread to contradicte the answer by Avangi. I just thought it sounded off-beat to my ear. To me, besides the using the grammar book, I also try to exercise my imgaination, as Avangi said it well, to create a semantic cohesion in an attempt to decypher the intended meaning in a posted question. As written, I really couldn't see context in which the use of PP continuo

Grammarfreak, you wrote certain things with which I did not, and do not, agree:
1. "It is grammatically correct, but syntactically awkward and illogical." I didn't, and don't, think it is syntactically awkward and illogical.


2. "The verb "Insist" is rarely used in PP continuous ...

With due respect, you are entitled to your disagreement. It is a matter of persepctive. We apparently can't agree on the sentence. I spoke my mind and you did yours. Let's agree to disagree.