Does "suggest that" also demand a subjunctive in its negated form s.a. "not suggesting that" or "not trying to suggest that".
I know that the "circumvention" with should is very common and even accepted in linguistic circles in Great Britain,
and a google-search also indicates its very frequent use in common language in the US; - s.a. in:
"I am not trying to suggest (or "not suggesting") that every woman should necessarily have..."
However, in an attempt to write grammatically perfect US-English, would it have to be
"I am not trying to suggest (or "not suggesting") that every woman necessarily have...",
- or is the subjunctive superfluous and hypercorrecting here ?
Thank you for your help!
I know that the "circumvention" with should is very common and even accepted in linguistic circles in Great Britain,
and a google-search also indicates its very frequent use in common language in the US; - s.a. in:
"I am not trying to suggest (or "not suggesting") that every woman should necessarily have..."
However, in an attempt to write grammatically perfect US-English, would it have to be
"I am not trying to suggest (or "not suggesting") that every woman necessarily have...",
- or is the subjunctive superfluous and hypercorrecting here ?
Thank you for your help!
