please explain me

[craterus]

hello my teacher. there is a test below:
1)whenever one takes an antibiotic , it is essential that he .......... directions exactly.
a)following b) follows c) follow d)followed

the answer is "c" but ı think it must be "b". why? ı could not understand. please explain me why answer b is not correct and why answer c is correct? thanks in advance

[craterus]

please help me this is urgent

[Raymott]

please help me this is urgent

There's no one here on call for urgent questions.

[Raymott]

hello my teacher. there is a test below:
1)whenever one takes an antibiotic , it is essential that he .......... directions exactly.
a)following b) follows c) follow d)followed

the answer is "c" but ı think it must be "b". why? ı could not understand. please explain me why answer b is not correct and why answer c is correct? thanks in advance

"Follow" is subjunctive. "Follows" is indicative.
Not many native speakers would use the subjunctive here. I would use "follows". But "follow" is also strictly correct.

[TheParser]

[QUOTE=craterus;827980]hello my teacher. there is a test below:
1)whenever one takes an antibiotic , it is essential that he .......... directions exactly.
a)following b) follows c) follow d)followed

NOT A TEACHER


(1) As the VIP Member told you, the "correct" answer is "follow" because that is the

subjunctive. Here in the United States, we still use the subjunctive more than it is

used in certain other English-speaking countries.

I believe that your sentence could be expressed in three "good" ways:

... that he follow/ follows/ should follow

(2) As I said, Americans still prefer the subjunctive:

It is important that you be here on time tomorrow.

(3) But in some sentences, it is no longer used:

If I am right, it is already Wednesday. ("If I be right, ..." is no longer acceptable

in regular English. You might see it in poetry, etc.)

[5jj]

In British English, it is essential that he ... would be it is essential that one ... .