Re: Should it be in the subjunctive?

Marius Hancu — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:23:38 GMT

Opportunity vs. chance

You may want to buy this dictionary:

Merriam Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms: A Dictionary of Discriminated Synonyms With Antonyms and Analogous and Contrasted Words

very good for such comparisons, which says:
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Chance applies chiefly to an opportunity that comes seemingly by luck or by accident. Sometimes the word means little more than a fair or a normal opportunity, especially in negative expressions.
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Also:
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synonyms OCCASION, CHANCE, BREAK, TIME:

opportunity indicates a combination of circumstances facilitating a certain action or inviting a certain decision <it was deemed advisable to continue the case ... in order that we might have an opportunity of giving to the whole subject a more deliberate consideration -- R.B.Taney> OCCASION is likely to convey the notion of the period or time at which an opportunity is offered; since this may be fleeting, OCCASION may suggest a combination of circumstances that are urgent and quite likely to evoke action or that have evolved in <afterward she can explain ... as occasion shall require -- F.W.Maitland> <so long as a child is with adults, it has no occasion for the exercise of a number of important virtues -- Bertrand Russell> CHANCE is close to OPPORTUNITY in this sense <the most challenging opportunity of all history -- the chance to help create a new society -- Wendell Willkie> It may suggest a situation arising accidentally <in war lay the greatest chance of his life -- H.L.Mencken> or a fair situation arising in an equitable allotment of things <only those who have a special cause to plead will hold that ... children of the poor [have] the same chances as those of the well-to-do -- John Dewey> BREAK, formerly a slang term and more common in the United States than in England, suggests a turn of luck or an opportunity offered by luck or by an act of kindliness from one with power or influence <not a single day of storm, not one day of flat calm, only a few days of variables did he experience. He had all the breaks -- S.E.Morison> <Communist promises of a better break for the common people -- A.E.Stevenson b. 1900> TIME may be used as a synonym for opportune time or occasion <an adversary of no common prowess was watching his time -- T.B.Macaulay>

http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com (26 Sep. 2006).
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Re: subjunctive, this sentence

paco2004 — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 21:36:47 GMT

"Suggest" has two usages.

1) As a synonym to "propose" or "advise". In this case, the subject is commonly persons, and when a that-clause is used as the object, the clausal sentence is expressed in present subjunctive (AmE) or with use of "should" (BrE).
         (EX) They suggested that the US (should) stop the war in Iraq.

2) As synonyms to "indicate" and "hint". In these cases, the subject can be either persons or things, and when a that-clause is used as the object, the clausal sentence is expressed in normal indicative mood.
         (EX) Her smiles suggested that she had forgiven him.
         (EX) He suggested that he knew our secret relationship.

The answer to your question: Use "is".

paco

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