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by hemant_rajput » Fri Mar 29, 2013 6:04 am
Hi all,

I was going through the MGMAT material and found this sentence.

Right: The vice-president WANTS her TO GO to the retreat.
Wrong: The vice-president WANTS THAT she GO to the retreat.

If this is the pattern then how can this sentence is correct:

"We demand THAT HE BE here", shouldn't it be like this "We demand her to BE here."
I'm no expert, just trying to work on my skills. If I've made any mistakes please bear with me.
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by Jim@StratusPrep » Fri Mar 29, 2013 7:45 am
Subjunctive forms of verbs are typically used to express various states of unreality such as wish, emotion, possibility, judgment, opinion, or action that has not yet occurred.

A demand is not the subjunctive mood.
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by hemant_rajput » Fri Mar 29, 2013 7:57 am
Jim@StratusPrep wrote:Subjunctive forms of verbs are typically used to express various states of unreality such as wish, emotion, possibility, judgment, opinion, or action that has not yet occurred.

A demand is not the subjunctive mood.
ok, may be my understanding of this topic is not proper, however, the above sentence was in command subjunctive section of sentence correction guide of MGMAT.
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