I suggested that he went there.

[MeyaN]

I suggested that he went there.
He suggested to me that I took the oppurtunity.

Are the above sentences correct? Please correct them if they are not.

 

[GoesStation]

In American English, only go and take are possible.

 

[ali7772016]

I suggested that he go there.
(subjunctive)

 

[GoesStation]

I suggested that he go there.
(subjunctive)

That's how Americans say it. Brits usually use the indicative went,​ which looks bizarre to Americans.

 

[SoothingDave]

Using "went" makes me think someone(A) is telling someone else(B) what he(A) supposed that B already did. Which is odd because if B already went there, he should know. Unless he has amnesia or something.

 

[ali7772016]

That's how Americans say it. Brits usually use the indicative went,​ which looks bizarre to Americans.

Shakespeare used subjunctive mood.Was he American?

 

[ali7772016]

Shakespeare (1564-1616) was English.

I know. He was the greatest man who wrote in English.I love him so much.
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[GoesStation]

I know. He was the greatest man who wrote in English.I love him so much.
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The language he wrote in was very different from modern English.

 

[emsr2d2]

That's how Americans say it. Brits usually use the indicative went,​ which looks bizarre to Americans.

This Brit would use "go".

 

[Raymott]

Using "went" makes me think someone(A) is telling someone else(B) what he(A) supposed that B already did. Which is odd because if B already went there, he should know. Unless he has amnesia or something.

"We were discussing what might have happened on the night of the murder. I suggested that he went there (to her house), kidnapped the girl, and drove her into the forest. A few others agreed with my scenario."

 

[GoesStation]

"We were discussing what might have happened on the night of the murder. I suggested that he went there (to her house), kidnapped the girl, and drove her into the forest. A few others agreed with my scenario."

That's how I hear the indicative in that usage. Its use by BBC reporters, in The Economist, and elsewhere by Brits is very jarring to me.

 

[Matthew Wai]

The following might be helpful to the OP.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv105.shtml

 

[MeyaN]

Post #6. "Using "went" makes me think someone(A) is telling someone else(B) what he(A) supposed that B already did. Which is odd because if B already went there, he should know. "

Is it correct to start a sentence with "which" when referring to the previous sentence? Please tell a better way of putting it.

 

[Matthew Wai]

I would use 'That' instead of 'Which'.