suggest+noun clause in the simple present tense?

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roccololipop

#510192 Tue, 06 May 08 05:32 AM

1) I suggest that he sell the car.

2) I suggest that he sells the car.

We know that no 1 is correct. Is no 2 also correct?

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Grammar Geek

#510196 Tue, 06 May 08 05:46 AM

No, sorry.

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Barbara, who answers in American English.

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roccololipop

#510198 Tue, 06 May 08 05:54 AM

So the information at http://www.visualesl.com/pages/en/english_suggestions is incorrect.

It says "Mark suggests that he sells/should sell his house" is correct.

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MrPedantic

#510216 Tue, 06 May 08 08:00 AM

I'm not familiar with the site; but the writer may well be of BrE origin.

(In BrE, you could use "sells", "should sell", or the subjunctive "sell". The last option has become more popular in the last two decades, in BrE, in contexts where "should sell" would once have been predominant.)

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