Can you emphasize the present subjunctive with “do”?
“The present subjunctive is seen in this example took from the NYT :
The country demanded that Boeing pay a $1 billion penalty for the manufacturing delays in India’s 27-plane order”.
The verb ‘pay’ here is in the present subjunctive.
If you had all of these linguistics done as a verb, why did you add the ‘do’ above?
What should be Boeing do to pay for overdue Boeing flight ban after India has delayed all 27 planes?
If this is not possible, please explain to me why, and also please let me know how else, I can emphasize the verb ‘pay’
You rarely see a do for emphasis in a that -subjunctive, though you see don’t for negation of course. However, it’s not that it’s rare that makes it wrong in this case.
Speakers of different dialects will, firstly, argue whether it should be do or does, depending on whether you consider corporations grammatically singular or plural for the purpose of conjugating verbs. Does that matter?
What
are some very poor English examples?
Here is a that that-subjunctive underscored with do ; Is the pronoun we are conjugated correctly? How do you try to post a news story that includes examples of great English literature published by mainstream publishers?
What is the difference? Those examples that we find (or can ) now. In your example, it’s not something that is even hypothetically happening now. I think we are seeing it happen in the future. Why is emphatic auxiliary verb tricky to find? You can emphasise the effect with a semantic difference, by saying: “The
Country demanded that Boeing pay a $1 billion penalty…” This clunky,
awkward language, but it provides clarity. If you really must have the emphasis, this is an option (on or off the mat).
How could I emphasize the verb by employing an alternative verb from pay in a letter? The verb is colloquial and would mean something dialect specific. What one type of income ie fork over fork up or pay out?
What will be most appropriate depends on context, audience, and why you want to emphasize pay?
You rarely see a do for emphasis in a that -subjunctive, though you see don’t for negation of course. However, it’s not that it’s rare that makes it wrong in this case.
Speakers of different dialects will, firstly, argue whether it should be do or does, depending on whether you consider corporations grammatically singular or plural for the purpose of conjugating verbs. Does that matter?
What
are some very poor English examples?
Here is a that that-subjunctive underscored with do ; Is the pronoun we are conjugated correctly? How do you try to post a news story that includes examples of great English literature published by mainstream publishers?
What is the difference? Those examples that we find (or can ) now. In your example, it’s not something that is even hypothetically happening now. I think we are seeing it happen in the future. Why is emphatic auxiliary verb tricky to find? You can emphasise the effect with a semantic difference, by saying: “The
Country demanded that Boeing pay a $1 billion penalty…” This clunky,
awkward language, but it provides clarity. If you really must have the emphasis, this is an option (on or off the mat).
How could I emphasize the verb by employing an alternative verb from pay in a letter? The verb is colloquial and would mean something dialect specific. What one type of income ie fork over fork up or pay out?
What will be most appropriate depends on context, audience, and why you want to emphasize pay?
