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W415384914 Posted 12 years ago
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Why this sentence uses 'be' here?

I feel it is important that some of the profits my business earns form the community *be* returned to the community.
  

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I feel it is important that some of the profits my business earns from the community be returned to the community . 'It is important that' is one of the set phrases that still takes the subjunctive in the minds of some grammarians, along with such phrases as 'it is necessary' and 'it is recommended'.

  • I feel it is important that some of the profits my business earns from the community be returned to the community .
  • 'It is important that' is one of the set phrases that still takes the subjunctive in the minds of some grammarians, along with such phrases as 'it is necessary' and 'it is recommended'.
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I feel it is important that some of the profits my business earns from the community be returned to the community.

'It is important that' is one of the set phrases that still takes the subjunctive in the minds of some grammarians, along with such phrases as 'it is necessary' and 'it is recommended'.

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