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Hello K.O. I dont think you will hear Dr Nabarro say the same sort of thing again. This "say" is not a present subjunctive but merely a bare infinitive. The verbs which are allowed to take the construction "verb + object + bare infinitive" are; 1) perception verbs: see, hear, feel, listen to,...

Hello again, Paco. Sorry my answer to your question was not what you were looking for. Your question was “could you give me any other types of sentences where 'a bare infinitive clause with a subject' is used?” Even when they were not the type of examples you were expecting, I posted, precisely,...

Hello Miriam Thank you for the reply. As for the first part of your explanation, I well know that usage of bare infinitives. But it is a bit away from what I meant by "a bare infinitive with a subject". In those sentences you presented (causative and perceptive constructions), the NP in the...

Hello Brooke This thread has become a little confusing. So just to summarise what others have said: 1. The doctor suggested that she not smoke. As Katsu and Yulysses have suggested, this is a subjunctive construction. We can make it clearer by omitting the 'not': 1. The cigarette-vendor...

With a very minor footnote at the end of their discussion on present and past subjunctive, Quirk & Greenbaum proclaim in a tiny voice: 'The were-subjunctive cannot replace the hypothetical past in constructions introduced by It's time (that), e.g. It's time I was in bed. I have done this...

hope / demand/ desire / want /wish (o) She hopes he comes/will come tomorrow. (x) She hopes him to come tomorrow. (o) She demands he (should) come tomorrow. (o) She demands him to come tomorrow. (o) She desires he (should) come tomorrow. (o) She desires him to come tomorrow. (?) She wants he...

??I want that you clean up your room this instant! It would not surprise me to learn that it was possible in some NAmE Englishes. Some Romance language speaking immigrants may speak it. Quote from Everything2 : The Subjunctive Mood of English After verbs which formerly used the...

A housing plan to aid those affected by the tsunami was announced just a fortnight ago. The government says that it plans to finance the construction of houses but wants resettlement to take place at least 500 meters from the sea. There is a strong body of opinion that many lives could have...

I'm not sure whether the 'possessive + gerund' structure was preferred by English teachers, when native grammar was taught to the natives. I suspect that it was, if only because Fowler devotes so much space to it. But I would guess that most of those who produce written BrE for public consumption...

Hello All, I would be most grateful if anyone could clarify a point of confusion regarding the two sentences below. I have exhausted the print and electronic resources available to me without finding a fully satisfactory answer. Sentence One: "I thought that you were my friend." The reality...