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Hi.
I have extracted the sentence below from Practical English Usage by Swan
when the author mentioned about subjunctive form.
" It is essential that every child have the same educational opportunities"
Can I understand it as the verbs in subjunctive mood are also the same as the bare infinitives?
In the sentence above, the bare infinitive of "to have" is "have", and since there is no such infinitive as "to has"
so "have" is used even though 'every child' is singular noun.
I have extracted the sentence below from Practical English Usage by Swan
when the author mentioned about subjunctive form.
" It is essential that every child have the same educational opportunities"
Can I understand it as the verbs in subjunctive mood are also the same as the bare infinitives?
In the sentence above, the bare infinitive of "to have" is "have", and since there is no such infinitive as "to has"
so "have" is used even though 'every child' is singular noun.