Writing Academic English 4th Edition

200 P'U"tn1 I SentenceStructure

PRJ\CTICE 3

SubjunctiveNoun

Clauses

Thecompanypresidenturgedthatthemarketingdepartmentbemore

aggressive.

It is necessarythateachsalespersonworklongerhours.

Makea subjunctiveverbnegativebyputtingthewordnotinfrontofit

Sheinsistedthatthecompanynotloseanymorecustomerstoitscompetitors.

Thesubjunctivealsooccurswhentheindependentclauseverbis in thepassivevoice.

Itwasrecommendedthatthedepartmentnothirenewstaffatthistime.

Step1 Readthefollowinginformation.

Step2 Writecomplexsentencescontainingsubjunctivenounclauses.

• Rewriteeachquestionasa mainclause.


• Usetheinformationfromtheproposedrestrictionstowritea subjunctive
  nounclause.


• Combinethetwoclausestomakea newcomplexsentence.
  Thefirstonehasbeendoneforyouasanexample.

BackgroundInformation

Athree-yeardroughthascauseda seriouswatershortageinthefictitiouscountryof

Sunnyland.Asa result,Sunnyland'swaterdepartmenthasrecommendedrestrictions

onwateruse.

Sunnyland CountyWaterDepartment

SunnylandCounty,Texas

Duetotherecentdroughtinourregion,theCountyofSunnylandisimposing

restrictionsonwateruse,effectiveimmediately.Violatorswillbesubject

topenalties.

RestrictionsonWaterUse

a.Allcitizensmustconservewaterwhereverpossible.

b.Everyindividualmustdecreasewateruse.

c.Everyfamilymustreduceitswateruseby 40 percent.

d.Inthecities,everyonemustlimitshowersto5 minutes.

e.Inthecountryside,farmersmustcuttheirwateruseby 25 percent.

f.Everyfarmershouldinstalla dripirrigationsystem.

g.Peopleinthesuburbsmustnotusewatertowashcars,sidewalks,

orstreets.