Jul 29, 2006 18:01
Why must you say this sentence this way:
"It is important that he be there on time."
and not this way:
"It is important that he is there on time." ?
I can't explain it to my students, I just tell them something like, "You wanna speak correctly, don't you?!?"
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but - as i said - am just learning english as a foreign language, so what do i know? ;)
silvia
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Really I think it mighht be called "subjunctive case or something -but that's a WILD guess...
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