Business C1 · Unit 8 · Ethics, governance & ESG
8B. We recommend that the board approve
C1 · Advanced Business English · subjunctive & formal register
Unit 8 · Epigraph
"The sentence you cannot sign in the mandative subjunctive on Monday is the sentence the trustee cannot price on Tuesday."
Objectives
What you'll be able to do
- Draft the front-page mandative-subjunctive sentence a signed recommendation memo is committed on.
- Distinguish the modal-indicative preference from the mandative-subjunctive instruction — and know which the analyst prices as commitment.
- Use the were-inversion in the escalation clause of a sustainability-linked bond or ESG covenant.
- Recognise and use the formal-register triggers: it is essential / imperative / vital that…, we recommend / require / insist that…, on condition that…, should you require…
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