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12 questions linked to/from "That... be" construction
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“it's truly vital that he or she becomes/become familiar with the reasons”? [duplicate]
Please have a look at the sentence below:
Before one votes on the propositions, it's truly vital that he or she becomes familiar with the reasons for voting both for the proposition and against the ...
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"Be allowed" vs "is allowed" [duplicate]
Which of the following is grammatically correct?
It is important that the bandwidth, which controls the function, be allowed to vary...
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It is important that the bandwidth, which controls the ...
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continuous infinitive or bare continuous infinitive n 'It is important that the focus of training courses **be** towards ...'? [duplicate]
Why in this sentence is the bare continuous infinitive used?
It is important that the focus of training courses be towards enabling employees to competently perform tasks
It is important that the ...
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Demanding that A is/be a scalar [duplicate]
Which of the following is right?
I am reading a paper (math) where it says:
Demanding that A is a Lorentz scalar, ...
But I feel like it should be
Demanding that A be a Lorentz scalar, ...
I'd be ...
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Verb in sentence with "take care that" [duplicate]
In Article Two of the United States Constitution there is this Statement:
shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed
Now I want to know whether "be" can or should be replaced by "are"...
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Be held Vs To be held [duplicate]
He proposed that this meeting to be held annually instead of monthly.
Should to be omitted or kept?
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Why is the verb to be in the infinitive in 'Praise be to God.'? [duplicate]
Why is the verb to be in the infinitive in 'Praise be to God.'?
Other sentences that look similar are:
'May you be always in our presence.'
'May you be forgiven.'
But May + sub + infinitive of be ...
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He drink only five liquids [duplicate]
while reading NYT's review on the Gladwell's last book I stumbled upon a rather strange passage:
In the weeks I spent listening to Malcolm Gladwell’s podcast, I
learned that lobsters have ...
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The use of 'that' and the bare form of a verb [duplicate]
Can anyone help me with the use of 'that' and the bare form of a verb in the following sentence?
This plan suggested that the supply target for new and renewable energy be increased to 20% by 2020. ...
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Impersonal infinitive? [duplicate]
I'm learning Portuguese at the moment and have come across the Impersonal Infinitive (tense, mood?). I'm told this doesn't exist in English, but I have a feeling it might!
Take the sentence
It's ...
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Why is the verb used without “-s” in this sentence? [duplicate]
In order to help the system make a better guess of the corner locations,...
In this sentence, why is "make" not succeeded by "s"? It seems it is needed!
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"that one consider" or "that one considers"? [duplicate]
I have a question to ask regarding this quote.
In the formation of a marketing strategy, it is imperative that one considers the marketing mix, also known as the 4Ps – product, price, place, and ...
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