Amadalia wrote:Good day
In manhattan SC in page 114 I've came across with the following sentence
Common Verbs that take ONLY the Command Subjunctive:
demand, dictate, insist, mandate, propose, recommend, request, stipulate, suggest
One purpose of the subjunctive mood is to express an action that is HYPOTHETICAL: an action that might not actually happen.
When we request an action from an OUTSIDE PARTY, we cannot be certain that the outside party will comply with our request.
Because the requested action might not actually happen, we use the COMMAND SUBJUNCTIVE.
The structure of the command subjunctive is as follows:
SUBJECT + BOSSY WORD + THAT + OUTSIDE PARTY + BARE INFINITIVE.
Bossy words are verbs such as those listed above:
propose, dictate, request, etc.
The bare infinitive is the infinitive form of a verb with the
to omitted.
Example:
The attorneys proposed that the new contract take effect next year.
In the sentence above:
Subject =
the attorneys.
Bossy word =
proposed.
Outside party =
the new contract.
Bare infinitive =
take effect (
to take effect with the
to omitted).
but next in the idioms section page 163
I've found
RIGHT:
The attorneys PROPOSED a new venue.
The attorneys PROPOSED TO MEET for lunch.
In the first sentence, no action is being proposed, so the command subjunctive is not required.
In the second sentence, there is no outside party -- THE ATTORNEYS THEMSELVES are to meet for lunch -- so the command subjunctive is not required.
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