Re: Grammar gurus: I have a question

["Michael West" <mbwest -at- bigpond -dot- com>]

> > A growing tendency to use the indicative verb  ("I suggest that he is
> > fired") where traditional grammar prescribes the subjunctive ("I suggest
> > that he be fired") is also mirrored in Australian usage. I'm not sure of
the
> > state of play in Canada.
> 
> The example above just sounds like an error to me, though a common
> one, especially in speech. 


Only in US English is it an error. In British and Australian English, it is
NOT an error in speech or in writing.

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