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Stacy_0328 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Verb usage

It is important that Vanessa send (why not sends) her resume immediately.
  

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stacy_0328 It is important that Vanessa send (why not sends) her resume immediately. ", and similar expressions. This is always a form without the "s".

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  • stacy_0328 It is important that Vanessa send (why not sends) her resume immediately.
  • ", and similar expressions.
  • This is always a form without the "s".
  • Use the base form (bare infinitive).
  • This means using "be" instead of "am", "is" or "are", "do" instead of "does", "have" instead of "has", and so on.
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stacy_0328It is important that Vanessa send (why not sends) her resume immediately.
This form is called the present subjunctive, and it is used after impersonal expressions like "It is important that ...", "It is necessary that ...", "It is urgent that ...", and similar expressions. This is always a form without the "s". Use the base form (bare infinitive).
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