Hi, you guys.
I don't agree with you all personally.
None of us doubt the perfect choice in such sencences is the subjunctive. But in fact languages go in diversification.
How do you guys interpret these:
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[FONT=宋]Cambridge-English Advanced Grammar in Use1999:[/FONT][FONT=宋][/FONT]
[FONT=宋]In less formal contexts we can use ordinary tenses instead of the subjunctive. Compare:[/FONT][FONT=宋][/FONT]
[FONT=宋]They recommended that he should give up writing.[/FONT][FONT=宋][/FONT]
[FONT=宋]They recommended that he give up writing, (more formal)[/FONT][FONT=宋][/FONT]
[FONT=宋]They recommended that he gives up writing, (less formal)[/FONT][FONT=宋][/FONT]
[FONT=宋]Notice also:[/FONT][FONT=宋][/FONT]
[FONT=宋]They recommended that he gave up writing. (= he gave it up)[/FONT][FONT=宋][/FONT]
A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language1985
[FONT=宋]The report recommended that education for the over-sixteens should be improved.[/FONT][FONT=宋][/FONT]
[FONT=宋]The report recommended that education for the over-sixteens be improved.[/FONT][FONT=宋][/FONT]
[FONT=宋]The report recommended that education for the over-sixteens ought to be improved.[/FONT][FONT=宋][/FONT]
[FONT=宋]He was very reluctant to leave, but I recommended that he went.[/FONT][FONT=宋][/FONT]
The employees have demanded that the manager resign.
The employees have demanded that the manager should resign.
The employees have demanded that the manager resigns.
The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language2002
It is essential that everyone attend the meeting.
It is essential that everyone should attend the meeting.
It is essential that everyone attends the meeting.
[FONT=宋]Oxford[/FONT][FONT=宋] Guide to English Grammar1994[/FONT][FONT=宋][/FONT]
[FONT=宋]NOTE[/FONT][FONT=宋][/FONT]
[FONT=宋]It often makes no difference whether a form is subjunctive or not.[/FONT][FONT=宋][/FONT]
[FONT=宋]We recommend that both schemes go ahead.[/FONT][FONT=宋][/FONT]
[FONT=宋]Longman English Grammar1988[/FONT][FONT=宋][/FONT]
[FONT=宋]11.75.2 That... should' after 'suggest', etc.[/FONT][FONT=宋][/FONT]
[FONT=宋]- future reference: affirmative/negative after (that):[/FONT][FONT=宋][/FONT]
[FONT=宋]That should can be used after such verbs as ask, propose, recommend and suggest; alternatively, the present or subjunctive can be used in BrE or the subjunctive in AmE. That is generally dropped in informal style:[/FONT][FONT=宋][/FONT]
[FONT=宋]I suggest (that) he should/shouldn't apply for the job (should) [/FONT][FONT=宋][/FONT]
[FONT=宋]I suggest (that) he applies/doesn't apply for the job (present)[/FONT][FONT=宋][/FONT]
[FONT=宋]I suggest (that) he apply/not apply for the job (subjunctive)[/FONT][FONT=宋][/FONT]
[FONT=宋]- past reference: affirmative/negative after (that):[/FONT][FONT=宋][/FONT]
[FONT=宋]In past reported suggestions, the (that) should construction and the subjunctive can be replaced by a past tense:[/FONT][FONT=宋][/FONT]
[FONT=宋]I suggested (that) they should/shouldn't drive along the coast.[/FONT][FONT=宋][/FONT]
[FONT=宋]I suggested (that) they drive/not drive along the coast.[/FONT][FONT=宋][/FONT]
[FONT=宋]I suggested (that) they drove/didn't drive along the coast.[/FONT][FONT=宋][/FONT]