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25 Jun 2021, 04:30
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Concerned about its local wildlife, the regional council proposed that the government increases conservation funding significantly.
A. increases conservation funding significantly
B. significantly increased conservation funding
C. would significantly increase conservation funding
D. significantly increase conservation funding
E. increase funding for conservation in a significant manner
A. increases conservation funding significantly
B. significantly increased conservation funding
C. would significantly increase conservation funding
D. significantly increase conservation funding
E. increase funding for conservation in a significant manner
27 Jun 2021, 03:15
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
Concerned about its local wildlife, the regional council proposed that the government increases conservation funding significantly.
A. increases conservation funding significantly
This answer choice is grammatically incorrect. Propose is one of the nine verbs to which the Subjunctive rule applies (if it is followed by that). This means that the next verb after proposed that should be in base form. However, increases is not in base form but rather in Present (V1).
What helps us identify this question as a Subjunctive question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign: proposed/recommend/require/request/insist/suggest/mandate/ask/demand that
Whenever you come across this Stop Sign, make sure that the following verb is in its base form.
B. significantly increased conservation funding
This answer choice is grammatically incorrect and repeats the original mistake. Propose is one of the nine verbs to which the Subjunctive rule applies (if it is followed by that). This means that the next verb after proposed that should be in base form. However, increased is not in base form but rather in the Past (V2).
What helps us identify this question as a Subjunctive question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign: proposed/recommend/require/request/insist/suggest/mandate/ask/demand that
Whenever you come across this Stop Sign, make sure that the following verb is in its base form.
C. would significantly increase conservation funding
This answer choice is grammatically incorrect and repeats the original mistake. Propose is one of the nine verbs to which the Subjunctive rule applies (if it is followed by that). This means that the next verb after proposed that should be in base form. However, would increase is not in base form but rather in Future Past.
What helps us identify this question as a Subjunctive question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign: proposed/recommend/require/request/insist/suggest/mandate/ask/demand that
Whenever you come across this Stop Sign, make sure that the following verb is in its base form.
D. significantly increase conservation funding
Propose is one of the nine verbs to which the Subjunctive rule applies (if it is followed by that). This means that the next verb after proposed that should be in base form, as is indeed the case with the verb increase.
E. increase funding for conservation in a significant manner
Although this answer choice corrects the original Subjunctive mistake by using the base form increase after propose that and is grammatically correct, stylistically it is flawed. It uses the phrase funding for conservation which is wordy and, therefore, redundant. It also replaces the single word significantly with the four-word phrase in a significant manner.
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