Which sentence correctly employs the mandative subjunctive mood?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. The advisory committee recommended that the commissioner resign his administrative post immediately.
- Step 1: Verbs of recommendation, demand, or insistence (demand, recommend, insist) trigger the mandative subjunctive. Step 2. The subordinate clause takes the bare infinitive base form 'resign' regardless of third-person singular subjects. Answer: The advisory committee recommended that the commissioner resign his administrative post immediately. Why not the others: 'resigns' uses indicative third-person singular; 'resigned' uses past indicative; 'would resign' uses modal auxiliary.
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