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Tested and sealed share one be: every batch be tested and sealed.","Following an inspection, the regulator demanded that every batch be tested and sealed.",[],{"words":21,"correct":35,"wrongIndex":36,"corrections":37},[22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34],"Following","an","inspection,","the","regulator","demanded","that","every","batch","be","testing","and","sealed.","tested",10,[35,38,39],"test","tests",{"id":41,"sentenceTemplate":42,"displayOrder":10,"explanation":43,"exampleSentence":44,"blanks":45,"payload":46},"01a0e1ab-e065-798f-a0fa-e86dec9328dd","It is vital that everyone are ready for the inspection.","In a mandative clause, be stays be with every subject. Everyone is grammatically singular, but the subjunctive ignores agreement: everyone be ready.","It is vital that everyone be ready for the inspection.",[],{"words":47,"correct":31,"wrongIndex":56,"corrections":57},[48,49,50,28,51,52,53,54,25,55],"It","is","vital","everyone","are","ready","for","inspection.",5,[31,58,59],"being","been",{"id":61,"sentenceTemplate":62,"displayOrder":63,"explanation":64,"exampleSentence":65,"blanks":66,"payload":67},"01a0e1ab-e065-79f3-a0fa-e86decd022c8","For advance bookings, the hotel wants that guests pay a deposit.",2,"Want is not a mandative trigger; it takes an object + to-infinitive (wants guests to pay). Require introduces a that-clause with the base form: requires that guests pay. Let and make cannot take a that-clause.","For advance bookings, the hotel requires that guests pay a deposit.",[],{"words":68,"correct":78,"wrongIndex":56,"corrections":79},[69,70,71,25,72,73,28,74,75,76,77],"For","advance","bookings,","hotel","wants","guests","pay","a","deposit.","requires",[78,80,81],"lets","makes",{"id":83,"sentenceTemplate":84,"displayOrder":85,"explanation":86,"exampleSentence":87,"blanks":88,"payload":89},"01a0e1ab-e065-7a4b-a0fa-e86ded3b1b0b","Our requirement is that each visitor not bringing food inside.",3,"The noun requirement introduces a mandative clause. Its negative is not + base form, with no -s even after each visitor: not bring.","Our requirement is that each visitor not bring food inside.",[],{"words":90,"correct":99,"wrongIndex":100,"corrections":101},[91,92,49,28,93,94,95,96,97,98],"Our","requirement","each","visitor","not","bringing","food","inside.","bring",7,[99,102,103],"brings","brought",{"id":105,"sentenceTemplate":106,"displayOrder":107,"explanation":108,"exampleSentence":109,"blanks":110,"payload":111},"01a0e1ab-e065-7a9b-a0fa-e86dee27e6b7","The court demanded that the witness don't leave the building.",4,"A negative subjunctive uses not + base form with no auxiliary do: that the witness not leave the building.","The court demanded that the witness not leave the building.",[],{"words":112,"correct":95,"wrongIndex":119,"corrections":120},[113,114,27,28,25,115,116,117,25,118],"The","court","witness","don't","leave","building.",6,[95,121,122],"no","none",{"id":124,"sentenceTemplate":125,"displayOrder":56,"explanation":126,"exampleSentence":127,"blanks":128,"payload":129},"01a0e1ab-e065-7aeb-a0fa-e86dee292ac1","The recommendation was that applicants should considers each question carefully.","Mandative should is followed by the base form: should consider. The past tense of was in the main clause does not change the form after should.","The recommendation was that applicants should consider each question carefully.",[],{"words":130,"correct":138,"wrongIndex":119,"corrections":139},[113,131,132,28,133,134,135,93,136,137],"recommendation","was","applicants","should","considers","question","carefully.","consider",[138,140,141],"considered","considering",{"id":143,"sentenceTemplate":144,"displayOrder":119,"explanation":145,"exampleSentence":146,"blanks":147,"payload":148},"01a0e1ab-e065-7b37-a0fa-e86dee45fb31","It is vital that the emergency exit not is blocked.","A negative passive subjunctive is not + be + past participle: the exit not be blocked. A finite form such as is, does or has cannot follow not here.","It is vital that the emergency exit not be blocked.",[],{"words":149,"correct":31,"wrongIndex":153,"corrections":154},[48,49,50,28,25,150,151,95,49,152],"emergency","exit","blocked.",8,[31,155,156],"does","has",{"id":158,"sentenceTemplate":159,"displayOrder":100,"explanation":160,"exampleSentence":161,"blanks":162,"payload":163},"01a0e1ab-e065-7b83-a0fa-e86dee6b47f2","These readings suggest that this engine consume too much fuel.","Readings give evidence; they do not make a recommendation. Here suggest introduces an ordinary statement of fact, so the verb is indicative and agrees with this engine: consumes.","These readings suggest that this engine consumes too much fuel.",[],{"words":164,"correct":174,"wrongIndex":119,"corrections":175},[165,166,167,28,168,169,170,171,172,173],"These","readings","suggest","this","engine","consume","too","much","fuel.","consumes",[174,176,177],"consuming","consumption",{"id":179,"sentenceTemplate":180,"displayOrder":153,"explanation":181,"exampleSentence":182,"blanks":183,"payload":184},"01a0e1ab-e065-7bcf-a0fa-e86deedda74e","The inspectors urged that the bridge should been closed to lorries.","The should alternative keeps the passive as should + be + past participle: should be closed. After a modal, only the base form be is possible.","The inspectors urged that the bridge should be closed to lorries.",[],{"words":185,"correct":31,"wrongIndex":100,"corrections":192},[113,186,187,28,25,188,134,59,189,190,191],"inspectors","urged","bridge","closed","to","lorries.",[31,58,49],{"id":194,"sentenceTemplate":195,"displayOrder":196,"explanation":197,"exampleSentence":198,"blanks":199,"payload":200},"01a0e1ab-e065-7c1f-a0fa-e86def4b38f9","Our proposal is that the trial begun in June.",9,"After the noun proposal, the mandative clause uses the base form: the trial begin in June. A proposal concerns the future, so neither a participle nor a past form fits.","Our proposal is that the trial begin in June.",[],{"words":201,"correct":207,"wrongIndex":119,"corrections":208},[91,202,49,28,25,203,204,205,206],"proposal","trial","begun","in","June.","begin",[207,209,210],"beginning","began","\u002Fuploads\u002Fimages\u002Fgpimg_03aaf565-b266-4d30-993c-9ead23fca24e_hero.webp?v=1790492532",{"title":213,"slug":214,"language":215,"level":216},"The Subjunctive in Demands and Recommendations","the-subjunctive-in-demands-and-recommendations","en","C1"]