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Hi there,I've been given a selection of grammar questions to do. I can do most of them, but these three are giving me real problems! I have to correct the wrong gramar in the sentance and then very briefly explain my changes. Any help is very appreciated.The problems:1)We suggested him to visit Bali.I changed it to:We suggested he  visit Bali.    and offer this explaination:‘He’  is used because it is the subject of the sentence. ‘To’ is removed because it  is unnecessary.I'm very unsure of this answer.2)She doesn’t know what  time will he arrive at the party.I changed it to:She  doesn’t know what time he will arrive at the party.and explain that:The  word ‘will’ is an auxiliary verb, and as such needs to come after the subject  ‘he’, and before the verb ‘arrive’ to show their relationship in this sentence.Is this correct?3)Teacher:  “Do many tourists visit your country?”Student:    “Not so many tourists in Laos.”I changed it to:Student: “No, there are not many  tourists in Laos.”And am a bit lost on how to explain this change. I've put 'no' so that it directly answers the question, but beyond that, I can't explain it gramatically.Any help is appreciated. Thank you,Sam.

Sambalina · Accepted Answer

I am so sorry about all the mess in the above post!
I guess that's what happens when you 'copy and paste' from word?
Let me try an clean it up so it's intelligible.
(I'm the 'anonymous' poster above, btw).

Hi there,
I've been given a selection of grammar questions to do. I can do most of them, but these three are giving me real problems! I have to correct the wrong grammar in the sentence and then very briefly explain my changes. Any help is very appreciated.
The problems:
1)

We suggested him to visit Bali.
I changed it to:

We suggested he visit Bali.
and offer this explanation:
‘He’ is used because it is the subject of the sentence. ‘To’ is removed because it is unnecessary.
I'm very unsure of this answer.

2)
She doesn’t know what time will he arrive at the party.
I changed it to:
She doesn’t know what time he will arrive at the party.
and explain that:
The word ‘will’ is an auxiliary verb, and as such needs to come after the subject ‘he’, and before the verb ‘arrive’ to show their relationship in this sentence.
Is this correct?

3)

Teacher: “Do many tourists visit your country?”

Student: “Not so many tourists in Laos.”
I changed it to:

Student: “No, there are not many tourists in Laos.”
And am a bit lost on how to explain this change. I've put 'no' so that it directly answers the question, but beyond that, I can't explain it grammatically.

Any help is appreciated.
Thank you,
Sam.

Dimsumexpress · Answer

Hi, your post is making me dizzy and giving a headache. Your format is making your post non- legible. Please clean it up and post agian.

Sambalina · Answer

Is the second post ok, or has that turned into a mess for you also?
I'm so sorry about that, it didn't show up in the original typing of the post, and I can't find a 'preview your post' button

Dimsumexpress · Answer

This is much better!

We suggested him to visit Bali.
I changed it to:

We suggested he visit Bali.
and offer this explanation:
‘He’ is used because it is the subject of the sentence. ‘To’ is removed because it is unnecessary. This is not the reason. Please visit this link, it will help you:

http://www.testyourenglish.net/english-online/subjects/subjunc.html

2)
She doesn’t know what time will he arrive at the party.
I changed it to:
She doesn’t know what time he will arrive at the party.
and explain that:
The word ‘will’ is an auxiliary verb, and as such needs to come after the subject ‘he’, and before the verb ‘arrive’ to show their relationship in this sentence.
Is this correct? Not exactly! this is a Declarative / Interrogative Sentence. Please try this site for explanation:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/FAQ/6447-11

3)

Teacher: “Do many tourists visit your country?”

Student: “Not so many tourists in Laos.”
I changed it to:

Student: “No, there are not many tourists in Laos.”
And am a bit lost on how to explain this change. I've put 'no' so that it directly answers the question, but beyond that, I can't explain it grammatically.

The question was " Do many tourists come...", when "do " is used in the construction of the question, the answer should be either yes or no with "do" or "don't", depending on the answer. So the question is either a "trick" or a badly formed one.

Sambalina · Answer

Thank you for the fast reply! Your links are really helpful.
I'm not sure I'm explaining #2 well, though. I've said (based on your link and reading about subjunctives):
We suggested that he visit Bali
And explained that:
Because 'visit' is a subjunctive, the words 'him to' are changed to 'that he' to show importance.
The importance of what - the suggestion? And why 'he' instead of 'him'? Is it because 'he' is the subject of the sentence?

Dimsumexpress · Answer

The verbs mentioned in the links,( demand, suggest...) when used in this pattern is in subjunctive, as such the relative pronoun,"that" usually is used immediately after the verb for the construction, in which the singular 3rd person is not conjugated. So in "we suggested that " he visit.." is correct without the 's' on visit. I am not sure if this explanation is clear for you.

Sambalina · Answer

Thank you very much for all your help! I think I do understand it now

Cheers,
Sam.

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