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Re: Typo in proposal B



Martin Michlmayr writes ("Typo in proposal B"):
> "It is important that the project support the efforts"
> 
> s/support/supports/?
> 
> (I know British and American English don't agree whether an
> organization is singular or plural but it seems to me that
> "the project" is singular.)

I think this is a subjunctive.

Ian.

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