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 #2 (permalink) Tue Jun 30, 2009 18:12 pm gramar |
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DA, just what is your question?
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 Kitosdad
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| #3 (permalink) Tue Jun 30, 2009 18:19 pm gramar |
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| i think" stay" here doesn't parallel with "prefered". |
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| #4 (permalink) Tue Jun 30, 2009 19:14 pm gramar |
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Hello Darkangel,
I have suggested some improvements for the wording in your original post.
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I preferred that she____here.
The answer is stay.
Is there anyone who can explain it? |
Now here is the answer to your question:
The word "stay" is the present subjunctive in your sentence.
The present subjunctive has exactly the same form as the bare infinitive of the verb. Here are three more examples:
- Our boss insists that we be ten minutes early for every shift.
- Susan demanded that he stop lying to her.
- It is extremely important that all of the errors be corrected.
The present subjunctive is a verb form that basically has little connection with time. It is a "mood", not a "tense".
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| #6 (permalink) Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:39 am Sentence: I preferred that she stay here. |
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You current post title reads 'gramar' which is a word that doesn't exist in English.
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Torsten
That was a typo and it's very easy to miss that sort of errors. Now I have learnt to preview my messages before sending them to the forum.
/Maria
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