Standard English ConventionsVery hardSubjunctive after a verb of demand in a formal sentence
Standard English Conventions practice question
The trust's rules require that any tenant who alters a listed building ____ the alteration to the committee within a month.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. reportCorrect
- B. reports
- C. reported
- D. is reporting
Answer: A. report
After 'require that', the demand takes the base form: 'report'.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. reports
- 'Reports' is the indicative, not the mandative form.
- C. reported
- 'Reported' states a past fact rather than a requirement.
- D. is reporting
- 'Is reporting' is not the demand form.
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