Discussion
In the sentence below, a part is printed in bold. Choose the alternative that best replaces it. If no improvement is needed, choose ‘No correction required’.
The manager wants that you should submit the report by Friday.
Answer: B
Correct answer: you to submit
Want is followed by an object and an infinitive, never by a that clause: the manager wants you to submit the report. The construction want that is very common in Indian English but is not standard, because want belongs to the group of verbs that take an infinitive complement. Others in the group include expect, advise, allow, ask, tell, order, persuade, encourage, force and request. So he asked me to wait, they expected him to arrive. Verbs that do take a that clause are a different set - say, suggest, insist, demand, propose, recommend - and several of those take the subjunctive: he suggested that she submit the report, without should and without the -s. Rewriting with one of those verbs is the alternative repair.
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