Anything wrong in these sentences?
1. I suggested that my friend play(?) with us.
2. To hear my friend say(?) that,(?) was unusual.
What form of "play" and "say" I am using here?
Thank you
To hear my friend to say [infinitive] that was unusual.
Considering that that was unusual, why does the sentence above not start with "Having heard..." ?
Thanks for your reply in advance.
Considering that that was unusual, why does the sentence above not start with "Having heard..." ?
Thanks for your reply in advance.
:up: - all except the "[to]" in the last two examples, which may have been acceptable once but isn't now.
********** NOT A TEACHER **********
Hello, Mr. K.
(1) I put to in brackets because I wanted to show it was part of a
deleted infinitive after such verbs as hear.
(2) I should have emphasized to learners -- as you did -- that it is
definitely not used nowadays.
(3) Sorry if I misled anyone.
THANK YOU
(3) To hear (an infinitive) and Hearing (a gerund) are used as nouns
in that sentence and serve as the subject.
********** NOT A TEACHER **********
Hello.
(1) I think that the answers may be:
(a) I suggested that my friend play (subjunctive).
(i) The teacher suggests that Mona study more.
(b) To hear my friend say that was unusual. The full sentence
is To hear my friend to say [infinitive] that was unusual.
(i) English speakers have decided that after certain verbs such as
hear, they drop the to.
THANK YOU
Thank you, TheParser, for all your answers.
When you said "subjunctive", did you mean missing "would"?
I suggested that my friend (would) play.
The teacher suggests that Mona (will, would) study more.
Thank you.
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