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by Vemuri » Mon Apr 13, 2009 8:23 pm
He recommended that each driver report his tips

In the above sentence, why is the verb 'report' plural? Shouldn't the verb that follows 'each' be singular?

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by kpetrova123 » Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:20 pm
Vemuri wrote:He recommended that each driver report his tips

In the above sentence, why is the verb 'report' plural? Shouldn't the verb that follows 'each' be singular?

Appreciate explanation. Thank you.
It's a subjunctive. An easy way to spot it is to extract it and put it in a simple sentence, like "I recommend that you do your homework". To form a subjunctive you use the simple form of the verb without "to", so it will be recommend that each driver report

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by Vemuri » Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:25 am
Thank you for your response. My question was more on why a plural verb is being used after 'each'.
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by scoobydooby » Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:42 am
kpetrova123 explains it well, vemuri.

the sentence has the command subjunctive form
recommended (order word)+that+subject (each)+verb, where the verb should be of the infinitive form (bare form without the "to").
so report is correct here. singular/plural/ 1st -2nd-3rd person/ does not matter here.
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