demand, suggest, propose...

[Lenka]

Could you please tell me which of the varieties (below) of the sentence "I demand that he should come." are corect?

I demand (that) he should come.
I demand (that) he comes.
I demand (that) he come.
I demand (that) he apologised.

[Anglika]

Could you please tell me which of the varieties (below) of the sentence "I demand that he should come." are corect?

I demand (that) he should come.
I demand (that) he comes.
I demand (that) he come.
I demand (that) he apologised.

The first three are fine; the fourth one fails to agree in tense. It would either be "I demand that he apologise" (present tense) or "I demanded that he apologised" (past tense).

[fiona bramble]

In my experience, if this is from a text or is in a test, usually it is a discussion of the subjunctive and only the third sentence would be considered correct. I think I recall, though, that "should" is acceptable in BE...?

What do you think Anglika?

[Lenka]

Thanks!

[Daruma]

Hi,

1) I demand (that) he should come.
2) I demand (that) he comes.
3) I demand (that) he come.

Which sounds the most natural to you?

[rj1948]

Could you please tell me which of the varieties (below) of the sentence "I demand that he should come." are corect?

I demand (that) he should come.
I demand (that) he comes.
I demand (that) he come.
I demand (that) he apologised.

Anglika,this looks to be a subjunctive;a special kind of subjuntive with present tense which has no --s in the third person singular verbs.
Demand,suggest,insist,recommend,propose...
We insist that he resign.
I propose that she be appointed.
I demand that he come.-Is the only correct option.
Regards,
1948.

[riverkid]

Could you please tell me which of the varieties (below) of the sentence "I demand that he should come." are corect?

I demand (that) he should come.
I demand (that) he comes.
I demand (that) he come.
I demand (that) he apologised.

Anglika wrote:
The first three are fine; the fourth one fails to agree in tense. It would either be "I demand that he apologise" (present tense) or "I demanded that he apologised" (past tense).

I agree with Anglika on the first three.

I'm a bit puzzled over the fourth

"I demanded that he apologised" (past tense).

What's the purpose of the 'ed' on apologise?

?? I asked that he apologised. ??

I asked that he apologise.

??I demanded that he went to the meeting.??

I demanded that he go to the meeting.

My guess is that Lenka put in "apologised" as a potential "subjunctive" form. Correct me if I'm wrong, please, Lenka.

[RonBee]

Could you please tell me which of the varieties (below) of the sentence "I demand that he should come." are correct?

I demand (that) he should come.
I demand (that) he comes.
I demand (that) he come.
I demand (that) he apologised.

Say:

I demand that he come.

[Clark]

The first three are fine; the fourth one fails to agree in tense. It would either be "I demand that he apologise" (present tense) or "I demanded that he apologised" (past tense).

I agree with Anglika on the first three.

I'm a bit puzzled over the fourth

"I demanded that he apologised" (past tense).

What's the purpose of the 'ed' on apologise?

?? I asked that he apologised. ??

I asked that he apologise.

??I demanded that he went to the meeting.??

I demanded that he go to the meeting.

My guess is that Lenka put in "apologised" as a potential "subjunctive" form. Correct me if I'm wrong, please, Lenka.

The idea is that I demanded and he apologised.

[riverkid]

"I demanded that he apologised" (past tense).

The idea is that I demanded and he apologised.

I can't, at this moment, see any way that the sentence above, in red, could be glossed/understood in the manner you've suggested, Clark. Now that doesn't absolutely exclude the possibility you've suggested.

Perhaps Anglika can suggest a context where it might work.