Wish-sentence
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 5:47 pm
We had a discussion about the following sentence at the lesson the other day:
Is "I hope/wish that everyone stays happy." grammatically correct or not?
I think the present tense structure is correct with the verb hope, but not with the verb wish, but others thought differently. Also, our English teacher told us
"I wish everyone stay happy" is an example of the subjunctive so 'stay' should be in the infinite.
Is he right about this point?
Many thanks..
Is "I hope/wish that everyone stays happy." grammatically correct or not?
I think the present tense structure is correct with the verb hope, but not with the verb wish, but others thought differently. Also, our English teacher told us
"I wish everyone stay happy" is an example of the subjunctive so 'stay' should be in the infinite.
Is he right about this point?
Many thanks..