Timeline for “it's truly vital that he or she becomes/become familiar with the reasons”? [duplicate]
Current License: CC BY-SA 3.0
13 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 2015 at 18:47 | comment | added | abbasi | So please make an answer. | |
| Feb 25, 2015 at 18:23 | history | closed |
Edwin Ashworth tchrist♦ Centaurus Misti Chenmunka |
Duplicate of "That... be" construction | |
| Feb 24, 2015 at 22:56 | review | Close votes | |||
| Feb 25, 2015 at 18:23 | |||||
| Feb 24, 2015 at 22:25 | history | edited | F.E. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Changed title to match the other ELL thread, and added related tags.
|
| Feb 24, 2015 at 17:45 | comment | added | Brian Donovan | As I said, either is acceptable, but the subjunctive, "become," is more formal. | |
| Feb 24, 2015 at 17:43 | comment | added | abbasi | My problem is which one is correct. | |
| Feb 24, 2015 at 17:36 | comment | added | Brian Donovan | The choice between "become" and "becomes" is here a choice between subjunctive and indicative moods, respectively. Either is acceptable, but the subjunctive is more formal. By the way, if you start by using the pronoun "one" for a single person of indeterminate sex, you really should stick with it, though it tends to sound stuffy, that is, painfully formal. At that level of formality the contraction would be spelled out: "Before one votes on the propositions, it is vital that one become familiar with the reasons for voting either for or against each." | |
| Feb 24, 2015 at 17:13 | answer | added | Greg Lee | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 24, 2015 at 17:03 | comment | added | Stephie | He did: ell.stackexchange.com/questions/51463/grammar-proposals | |
| Feb 24, 2015 at 17:01 | comment | added | oerkelens | You seem to be mixing up proposal and proposition. Is this accidental, or do you actually mean to ask something about that? As for the use of the subjunctive, I'm afraid that is general reference on this site. A question about that would fit better on English Language Learners. | |
| Feb 24, 2015 at 16:56 | history | edited | choster | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
formatted, improved grammar, made title more explicit
|
| Feb 24, 2015 at 16:49 | review | First posts | |||
| Feb 24, 2015 at 19:58 | |||||
| Feb 24, 2015 at 16:40 | history | asked | abbasi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |