What will be the usage of “to be” in business, particularly in education and business.
Why do we use “be” but not “to be” when we say “after 2 years of contribution”, staff held internal meeting with the director to request that
his salary be increased to 2000$ monthly”? Please help me explain this grammar point and other Similarity usages, I’ve been stuck with this issue for many years now.
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English verbs have moods. Using two very well-written subtitles. In this nicely written article herein “if it wasn’t for…”
and “if it wasn’t for” can be found that Subjunctive has lost its ground to indicative because they are almost identical twins.
Yet we must note down the difference to justify the use of BE in the example sentence.
- In fact, when we talk about the facts of life, the mood of the verb is indicative. For example, if a person is in pain, he would not be punished either. When the speaker wants to convey the hope, expectation, order, unreal situation or something in the store of future, the verb is expressed in subjunctive mood.
Mike’s father insisted that he become a lawyer. With his impulsiveness, he suggested to Mike himself.
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a) subjunctive is tricky in the sense that it does not have a final “-s” to the 3rd. Person singular of the verb.
a) Verb be is always be in subjunctive (that I be/ that you be/ that he be)
C) Subjunctive is always used with words like ‘insist’, require, demand, prefer, and with adjectives like ‘important’, ‘necessary’, and, in modern English, almost always begins with a that- clause.
What is a subjunctive mood used in an example sentence? If ‘to be’ wouldn’t be proper here, wouldn’t one imply otherwise in this site? We may suitably modify it in indicative mood.
English verbs have moods. Using two very well-written subtitles. In this nicely written article herein “if it wasn’t for…”
and “if it wasn’t for” can be found that Subjunctive has lost its ground to indicative because they are almost identical twins.
Yet we must note down the difference to justify the use of BE in the example sentence.
- In fact, when we talk about the facts of life, the mood of the verb is indicative. For example, if a person is in pain, he would not be punished either. When the speaker wants to convey the hope, expectation, order, unreal situation or something in the store of future, the verb is expressed in subjunctive mood.
Mike’s father insisted that he become a lawyer. With his impulsiveness, he suggested to Mike himself.
-
a) subjunctive is tricky in the sense that it does not have a final “-s” to the 3rd. Person singular of the verb.
a) Verb be is always be in subjunctive (that I be/ that you be/ that he be)
C) Subjunctive is always used with words like ‘insist’, require, demand, prefer, and with adjectives like ‘important’, ‘necessary’, and, in modern English, almost always begins with a that- clause.
What is a subjunctive mood used in an example sentence? If ‘to be’ wouldn’t be proper here, wouldn’t one imply otherwise in this site? We may suitably modify it in indicative mood.
