"English Phrasal Verbs in Use" by Cambridge University Press:

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The D In Paris  #357194  Sat, 28 Apr 07 09:53 PM

I found the following phrase in "English Phrasal Verbs in Use" by Cambridge University Press:

"...  I suggested she went to the library ..  "

Doesn't sound right to me !  What do you think ?

  
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Grammar Geek  #357200  Sat, 28 Apr 07 10:01 PM

Well, at first glance, you say "Oh my gosh, no! It should be  I suggestd she GO to the library." But that would only be true if you had been making that suggestion to "her."

If, on the other hand, "she" was missing, and people were talking about where she might be, I can see this discription of the discussion: "Peter thought she was taking a nap, while Evelyn though she was at the pub. I suggested [that] she went to the library." (Even so, I might use "had gone.")

What do others think?

  
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Yoong Liat  #357203  Sat, 28 Apr 07 10:07 PM
 The D In Paris wrote:

I found the following phrase in "English Phrasal Verbs in Use" by Cambridge University Press:

"...  I suggested she went to the library ..  "



I've read that "I suggested she went to the library",  "I suggested she should go to the library" amd "I suggested she go to the library" are grammatically correct.
  
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CalifJim  #357291  Sun, 29 Apr 07 08:00 AM
GG,

I agree with your analysis.  The question is whether the Cambridge example was implicitly a claim that I suggested she went to the library had the same meaning as I suggested she go to the library, in which case it must be a British thing.

CJ

  
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Marius Hancu  #357335  Sun, 29 Apr 07 11:14 AM
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Several verbs (suggest, recommend, ask, etc) require the subjunctive after them:
I suggested she go to the library.

BrE
The subjunctive is avoided in such constructions, and the should + infinitive  is used:
I suggested she should go to the library.
or ordinary present and past tenses:
I suggested she went to the library.

See: Swan, Practical English Usage, should (in subordinate clauses) and subjunctive.

  
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