1. The doctor recommended that she should take the medicine.
2. The doctor recommended that she take the medicine.
3. The doctor recommended that she takes the medicine.
4. The doctor recommended that she took the medicine.
2007-06-25 03:11:12 · 18 answers · asked by Anita E 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
With verbs like suggest, recommend, insist and adjectives like important, essential, imperative, crucial, vital, we often use should + infinitive instead of the subjunctive or we can use the normal tense form. The reporting verbs and adjectives above are normally followed by a that-clause in which that itself is often omitted.
Compare also the following:
The doctor recommended (that) he should give up smoking.
The doctor recommended (that) he give up smoking. (More formal)
The doctor recommended (that) he gives up smoking. (Less formal)
2007-06-25 03:14:08 · answer #1 · answered by ✿Purple✿ 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
2
2007-06-25 10:34:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
2
2007-06-25 10:13:34 · answer #3 · answered by Linz ♥ VT 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Number 2
2007-06-25 10:18:29 · answer #4 · answered by invisible 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Number 2 is correct. It uses the subjunctive mood, which is not really apparent in English. But the indicative would be she "takes." Since there's no guarantee that she'll take the medicine after the doctor's recommendation a verb "mood" is used to indicate a future possibility. Sorry if this is complicated. Here's one more example: "The boss sent a memo saying that all personnel be in the office on time." The indicative of the verb is "are," as in "all personnel are in the office." But since there's no guarantee that all personal will listen to the boss, you use a present subjunctive to indicate possibility but no guarantee.
2007-06-25 10:18:12 · answer #5 · answered by Elaine P...is for Poetry 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
5. The doctor recommends that she take the medicine.
2007-06-25 10:21:38 · answer #6 · answered by Double O 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
2.
2007-06-25 10:18:42 · answer #7 · answered by ~Kim~ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
#2
2007-06-25 10:16:32 · answer #8 · answered by Ava 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3. The doctor recommended that she takes the medicine.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
2007-06-25 10:16:32 · answer #9 · answered by m_soulliere 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1 and 2 are right, 3 sounds a bit dodgy and 4 is past tense
2007-06-25 10:19:26 · answer #10 · answered by Jazz 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋