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Emphasis & advanced · CEFR C1 · Fluent
After suggest, insist, demand and recommend, formal English uses the plain verb whoever the subject is — he be, she go, they submit.
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I suggest that he go immediately.
suggest / insist / recommend + that + subject + plain verb
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I suggest that he go immediately.
In this formal pattern the verb takes no -s.
The shape
suggest / insist / recommend + that + subject + plain verb
Write a formal recommendation correctly.
In Hindi
suggest, insist, recommend के बाद औपचारिक अंग्रेज़ी सादी क्रिया रखती है, कर्ता चाहे कोई हो।
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The sentence Indian-English speakers actually produce, and the reason it is wrong.
| Commonly said | Correct English |
|---|---|
I suggest that he goes immediately. | I suggest that he go immediately. In this formal pattern the verb takes no -s. |
Where this structure sits in the ladder, and what surrounds it.
I suggest that he be… is a CEFR C1 structure — the fluent band — and it belongs to emphasis & advanced. CoCap’s syllabus files every structure this way so you can learn in order instead of jumping between whatever a search happened to return.
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