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: I suggested that he goes to the doctor immediately.


Choose the most suitable option to replace the highlighted part of the sentence:

I suggested that he goes to the doctor immediately.

Options:

  1. go to doctor at once
  2. should goes to the doctor
  3. go to the doctor immediately
  4. should have go to the doctor

Right Answer: go to the doctor immediately

The verb 'suggest' belongs to the group of verbs that take the subjunctive mood in a that-clause expressing a proposal or recommendation. In the subjunctive the base form of the verb is used regardless of the subject, so the correct construction is 'I suggested that he go to the doctor immediately'. The third person '-s' is dropped, which is why 'goes' is wrong. Option three supplies 'go to the doctor immediately' and preserves the adverb. Option one alters the wording unnecessarily, option two keeps the faulty 'goes', and option four is ungrammatical. Hence option three is correct.

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