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I have a question about "The verbs with the general meaning of suggestion and form of verbs"

a) She declined a seat beside Charles on the sofa. She insisted that Jane sit there. (subjunctive verb)

b) She declined a seat beside Charles on the sofa. She insisted that Jane sits there.(indicative verb)

c) She declined a seat beside Charles on the sofa. She insisted that Jane sat there.

sentence a and sentence b are grammatically correct in my opinion but I am not sure about sentence c. is sentence c grammatically and idiomatically correct?

I have seen a sentence in this structure (sentence c) in a website but I have not seen somewhere else.

Best Answer

I would say a., but I wouldn't blink if I heard somebody say c. But b. is very odd - the tenses don't match.

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