📍[5] "The manager insisted that every member complete the survey before the deadline expired."
The sentence is grammatically correct. It uses the subjunctive mood, which is the proper form for a clause that follows a verb of demand or insistence.
👉🏻Why the sentence is correct:
🔹The subjunctive mood is used after certain verbs. The verb "insisted" is in a class of verbs (including suggest, demand, recommend, request, and propose) that trigger the subjunctive mood in a dependent clause.
🔹The verb takes its base form. In the present subjunctive mood, the verb is always in its base or infinitive form (without "to"), regardless of the subject.
🌱The subject of the dependent clause is "every member," which is singular.
🌱However, because of the subjunctive mood, the verb remains "complete," not "completes."
👉🏻The sentence refers to a demand, not a fact. The structure is used to express a required or commanded action, not to state a fact. For example, a sentence like "The manager insisted that every member completed the survey" would have a different meaning—it would be a statement of fact, asserting that the manager was certain they had finished it.
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The sentence is grammatically correct due to its use of the mandative subjunctive mood.
👉🏻Explanation
This construction is mandatory in formal English and occurs in sentences with the following structure:
🔹A verb of demand, suggestion, or request (like insist, suggest, ask, or recommend).
🔹The conjunction that.
🔹A verb in its base form, regardless of the subject.
👉🏻Breaking down the example sentence:
🔹Verb of demand: insisted
🔹Conjunction: that
🔹Subject of the subordinate clause: every member (a third-person singular subject)
🔹Subjunctive verb: complete (the base form of the verb)
👉🏻Even though the subject every member is singular, the verb remains in its base form (complete), not the typical third-person singular form (completes).
👉🏻Incorrect alternatives:
It is a common error to use the indicative mood (the typical verb forms) in this construction. The following versions are incorrect:
✏️Incorrect: The manager insisted that every member completes the survey.
✏️Incorrect: The manager insisted that every member should complete the survey. (While sometimes used, it is less formal than the pure subjunctive).
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SV RAMANUJ
The sentence is grammatically correct. It uses the subjunctive mood, which is the proper form for a clause that follows a verb of demand or insistence.
👉🏻Why the sentence is correct:
🔹The subjunctive mood is used after certain verbs. The verb "insisted" is in a class of verbs (including suggest, demand, recommend, request, and propose) that trigger the subjunctive mood in a dependent clause.
🔹The verb takes its base form. In the present subjunctive mood, the verb is always in its base or infinitive form (without "to"), regardless of the subject.
🌱The subject of the dependent clause is "every member," which is singular.
🌱However, because of the subjunctive mood, the verb remains "complete," not "completes."
👉🏻The sentence refers to a demand, not a fact. The structure is used to express a required or commanded action, not to state a fact. For example, a sentence like "The manager insisted that every member completed the survey" would have a different meaning—it would be a statement of fact, asserting that the manager was certain they had finished it.
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The sentence is grammatically correct due to its use of the mandative subjunctive mood.
👉🏻Explanation
This construction is mandatory in formal English and occurs in sentences with the following structure:
🔹A verb of demand, suggestion, or request (like insist, suggest, ask, or recommend).
🔹The conjunction that.
🔹A verb in its base form, regardless of the subject.
👉🏻Breaking down the example sentence:
🔹Verb of demand: insisted
🔹Conjunction: that
🔹Subject of the subordinate clause: every member (a third-person singular subject)
🔹Subjunctive verb: complete (the base form of the verb)
👉🏻Even though the subject every member is singular, the verb remains in its base form (complete), not the typical third-person singular form (completes).
👉🏻Incorrect alternatives:
It is a common error to use the indicative mood (the typical verb forms) in this construction. The following versions are incorrect:
✏️Incorrect: The manager insisted that every member completes the survey.
✏️Incorrect: The manager insisted that every member should complete the survey. (While sometimes used, it is less formal than the pure subjunctive).
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SV RAMANUJ