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by ronniecoleman » Thu Dec 25, 2008 9:41 pm
I am bit confused on the use of subjunctive mood...

please clarify between these two sentences:

I demand that money be controlled by them. ( clearly subjunctive )

Budget for education reflects Ronnie's demand that the <<money be controlled >> or << money to be controlled >> . Is this also a subjunctive sentence


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by vittalgmat » Thu Dec 25, 2008 10:31 pm
ronniecoleman wrote:I am bit confused on the use of subjunctive mood...

please clarify between these two sentences:

I demand that money be controlled by them. ( clearly subjunctive )

Budget for education reflects Ronnie's demand that the <<money be controlled >> or << money to be controlled >> . Is this also a subjunctive sentence

Here "money be" is correct IMO. My approach is this:
'demand that' should be followed by a noun/noun phrase/object that demand
modifies. This should be followed by the infinitive without the 'to'.
But I would like to wait for others inputs as well.

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