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16 Jul 2017, 04:38
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With the approval ratings among his constituents and the stock market dropping rapidly, the president announced a series of spending initiatives to try stimulating the economy.
A. the approval ratings among his constituents and the stock market dropping rapidly, the president announced a series of spending initiatives to try stimulating
B. the stock market and the approval ratings among his constituents dropping rapidly, the president announced a series of spending initiatives to try and stimulate
C. the approval ratings among his constituents and the stock market dropping rapidly, the president announced a series of spending initiatives trying to stimulate
D. the stock market and with the approval ratings among his constituents dropping rapidly, the president announced a series of spending initiatives that will try to stimulate
E. the stock market and the approval ratings among his constituents dropping rapidly, the president announced a series of spending initiatives to try to stimulate
A. the approval ratings among his constituents and the stock market dropping rapidly, the president announced a series of spending initiatives to try stimulating
B. the stock market and the approval ratings among his constituents dropping rapidly, the president announced a series of spending initiatives to try and stimulate
C. the approval ratings among his constituents and the stock market dropping rapidly, the president announced a series of spending initiatives trying to stimulate
D. the stock market and with the approval ratings among his constituents dropping rapidly, the president announced a series of spending initiatives that will try to stimulate
E. the stock market and the approval ratings among his constituents dropping rapidly, the president announced a series of spending initiatives to try to stimulate
23 Jul 2017, 04:02
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The subjunctive mood is used when the verb indicates a desire, intention, command, recommendation request, resolution, or advice. It is also used along with such words as advisable, better, desirable, and directive, essential, fitting, imperative, important, necessary, urge, urgent and vital.
Three things essential for the use of the command subjunctive mood is the mandatoriness of the situation wherein somebody gives a command and others have the need to follow it compulsorily. The command is always indicated in a relative clause starting with 'that ' and most importantly, the command is expressed through verb in a forthright base form of the verb called the bare infinitive.
EX: The court directed that the owner of the car pay the accident victim a sum of ten thousand rupees
directed: - The mandatory word.
that - the relative clause connector
pay -the bare infinitive.
1. In the given context, an announcement is not part of the mandatory word-list.
2. will try is not a bare infinitive.
3. The president is not commanding the economy to behave.
Therefore, no subjunctive mood is involved.
The take away: All command subjunctives will use 'that', but not all those, which use 'that', are subjunctives
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I have a query pertaining to option D. "the president announced...." isn't this a subjunctive mood, hence "that" should be used.
While I agree option E makes more grammatical sense but need to understand the role of subjunctive.
While I agree option E makes more grammatical sense but need to understand the role of subjunctive.
The subjunctive mood is used when the verb indicates a desire, intention, command, recommendation request, resolution, or advice. It is also used along with such words as advisable, better, desirable, and directive, essential, fitting, imperative, important, necessary, urge, urgent and vital.
Three things essential for the use of the command subjunctive mood is the mandatoriness of the situation wherein somebody gives a command and others have the need to follow it compulsorily. The command is always indicated in a relative clause starting with 'that ' and most importantly, the command is expressed through verb in a forthright base form of the verb called the bare infinitive.
EX: The court directed that the owner of the car pay the accident victim a sum of ten thousand rupees
directed: - The mandatory word.
that - the relative clause connector
pay -the bare infinitive.
1. In the given context, an announcement is not part of the mandatory word-list.
2. will try is not a bare infinitive.
3. The president is not commanding the economy to behave.
Therefore, no subjunctive mood is involved.
The take away: All command subjunctives will use 'that', but not all those, which use 'that', are subjunctives
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16 Jul 2017, 06:42
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With the approval ratings among his constituents and the stock market dropping rapidly, the president announced a series of spending initiatives to try stimulating the economy.
A. the approval ratings among his constituents and the stock market dropping rapidly, the president announced a series of spending initiatives to try stimulating
B. the stock market and the approval ratings among his constituents dropping rapidly, the president announced a series of spending initiatives to try and stimulate
C. the approval ratings among his constituents and the stock market dropping rapidly, the president announced a series of spending initiatives trying to stimulate
D. the stock market and with the approval ratings among his constituents dropping rapidly, the president announced a series of spending initiatives that will try to stimulate
E. the stock market and the approval ratings among his constituents dropping rapidly, the president announced a series of spending initiatives to try to stimulate
With the approval ratings among his constituents and the stock market dropping rapidly, the president announced a series of spending initiatives to try stimulating the economy.
A. the approval ratings among his constituents and the stock market dropping rapidly, the president announced a series of spending initiatives to try stimulating
B. the stock market and the approval ratings among his constituents dropping rapidly, the president announced a series of spending initiatives to try and stimulate
C. the approval ratings among his constituents and the stock market dropping rapidly, the president announced a series of spending initiatives trying to stimulate
D. the stock market and with the approval ratings among his constituents dropping rapidly, the president announced a series of spending initiatives that will try to stimulate
E. the stock market and the approval ratings among his constituents dropping rapidly, the president announced a series of spending initiatives to try to stimulate
