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by karmayogi » Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:40 am
seventeen wrote:a)I hope that he FINISH his homework on time.
b)I hope that he FINISHES his homework on time.

IMO B
Which one is correct?
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by seventeen » Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:37 am
Thanks.
If you could give a reason too, it would really be helpful.
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by karmayogi » Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:54 am
seventeen wrote:Thanks.
If you could give a reason too, it would really be helpful.
"That" introduces an independent clause. Subject of the IC in this case is "He," which is a singlur third person pronoun. Hence, a singular verb is required i.e. finishes.
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by seventeen » Fri Mar 20, 2009 12:22 pm
karmayogi wrote:
seventeen wrote:Thanks.
If you could give a reason too, it would really be helpful.
"That" introduces an independent clause. Subject of the IC in this case is "He," which is a singlur third person pronoun. Hence, a singular verb is required i.e. finishes.
How about this?
The board of directors recommended that he join the company.

I know that the use of join is right here.
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by piyush_nitt » Fri Mar 20, 2009 2:50 pm
seventeen wrote:
karmayogi wrote:
seventeen wrote:Thanks.
If you could give a reason too, it would really be helpful.
"That" introduces an independent clause. Subject of the IC in this case is "He," which is a singlur third person pronoun. Hence, a singular verb is required i.e. finishes.
How about this?
The board of directors recommended that he join the company.

I know that the use of join is right here.
seventeen,

I hope that he FINISH his homework on time.
The board of directors recommended that he join the company.

Above sentences are correct sentences because hope , recommended are subjunctive verbs that require that + base form of Verb.

Karmayogi ,

1. I think you overlooked the subjunctive verbs in sentence. The explanation you had given true in the general scenario but not in the case of subjunctive verbs.

2. That ALWAYS introduces the dependent clause not independent clause.
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by seventeen » Fri Mar 20, 2009 3:51 pm
piyush_nitt wrote:
seventeen wrote:
karmayogi wrote:
seventeen wrote:Thanks.
If you could give a reason too, it would really be helpful.
"That" introduces an independent clause. Subject of the IC in this case is "He," which is a singlur third person pronoun. Hence, a singular verb is required i.e. finishes.
How about this?
The board of directors recommended that he join the company.

I know that the use of join is right here.
seventeen,

I hope that he FINISH his homework on time.
The board of directors recommended that he join the company.

Above sentences are correct sentences because hope , recommended are subjunctive verbs that require that + base form of Verb.

Karmayogi ,

1. I think you overlooked the subjunctive verbs in sentence. The explanation you had given true in the general scenario but not in the case of subjunctive verbs.

2. That ALWAYS introduces the dependent clause not independent clause.
Piyush try this exercise:
https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb ... e_quiz.htm

they say:

I hope that he FINISH his homework on time.

is wrong.
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by piyush_nitt » Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:21 pm
seventeen wrote:
piyush_nitt wrote:
seventeen wrote:
karmayogi wrote:
seventeen wrote:Thanks.
If you could give a reason too, it would really be helpful.
"That" introduces an independent clause. Subject of the IC in this case is "He," which is a singlur third person pronoun. Hence, a singular verb is required i.e. finishes.
How about this?
The board of directors recommended that he join the company.

I know that the use of join is right here.
seventeen,

I hope that he FINISH his homework on time.
The board of directors recommended that he join the company.

Above sentences are correct sentences because hope , recommended are subjunctive verbs that require that + base form of Verb.

Karmayogi ,

1. I think you overlooked the subjunctive verbs in sentence. The explanation you had given true in the general scenario but not in the case of subjunctive verbs.

2. That ALWAYS introduces the dependent clause not independent clause.
Piyush try this exercise:
https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb ... e_quiz.htm

they say:

I hope that he FINISH his homework on time.

is wrong.
Did that exercise and ONLY explanation is that HOPE is not a subjunctive verb but recommend is.

So explanation given by karamyogi was correct.

Thanks !
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