English Grammar - Sentence Structure and Transformation

English Grammar
English Grammar - Sentence Structure and Transformation

Choose the most suitable option to replace the highlighted part of the sentence: She insisted me to take the medicine.


Options:

  1. that I take the medicine
  2. me that I take medicine
  3. me taking the medicine
  4. to take medicine by me

Right Answer: that I take the medicine

The verb 'insist' is never followed by an object and an infinitive, so the structure 'insisted me to take' is incorrect. In standard English, 'insist' is followed either by the preposition 'on' with a gerund, as in 'She insisted on my taking the medicine', or by a 'that' clause containing a subjunctive verb, as in 'She insisted that I take the medicine'. Option one uses this correct subjunctive pattern, where the base form 'take' is used without the marker of tense. The remaining options either keep the wrong object or produce awkward and ungrammatical constructions. Hence option one is correct.

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