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？
最佳答案 6天前
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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