8 demand sb to do sth可以省略to吗

In my ninth-grade writing class last year, I met a cowboy who saved his town, a strict father who demanded his son earn straight A’s, and a modern-day Juliet who died of heartbreak after her parents rejected the love of her young life. More than once, I found myself wondering just how my students, who’d created these people, knew their subjects so well.

这个段落摘自2025年高考英语全国卷1(乙卷)阅读理解B。请问句子中加粗的 earn 前面是不是漏了一个 to 啊?这不是 demand sb to do sth 句式吗?

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周贞雄   - 湖南华文出版传媒总编辑

高考题中的句子没有问题。但网友的认知有两个问题:

一是错用demand sb to do sth虽然汉语中常说“要求某人做某事”,但英语习惯上不说 demand sb to do sth,要用此表达,需在 demand 后面上加介词 of。如:

She demanded of me to pay her immediately. 她要求我立即付钱给她。

He demanded of us to tell him everything. 他要求我们把一切都告诉他。

二是不知道句子中用的是虚拟语气:高考题中的这个句子,demand 后面接的是宾语从句——demand 后接宾语从句时,从句谓语通常用“should+v”这样的虚拟语气(should可省略):

a strict father who demanded that his son (should) earn straight A’s

如果不用从句,改用不定式,则可说成:

a strict father who demanded of his son to earn straight A’s

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