Standard English ConventionsVery hardSubjunctive after 'recommended that'
Standard English Conventions practice question
The committee recommended that the chair ____ the meeting until Monday.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. postponeCorrect
- B. postpones
- C. postponed
- D. will postpone
Answer: A. postpone
'Recommended that' takes the subjunctive base form.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. postpones
- Indicative, not subjunctive.
- C. postponed
- Past tense.
- D. will postpone
- Future tense.
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