I'm glad that you found the subjunctive, John, but that page has mistakes:
The manager insists that the car park should be locked at night.
It was essential that we should vote as soon as possible.
These phrases amount to tautology. The word "insists" means the same as
"should be". In addition, the author misses the point that the subjunctive is
formed of the infinitive, omitting the "to", therefore their analysis of the
phrases are wrong.
But apart from that it's an interesting page :-)
Sorry, but there are too many people in the queue for a Tornado trip, including
Tornado pilots :-)
Chris
On 4 Mar 2012, at 23:37, John Hudson wrote:
> I yield. I will accept an hour in the rear seat of your personal Tornado for
> the honour ! Will I need a G suit and breathing equipment ? I did not know
> that the RAF exited such high calibre grammarians !
>
> http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-subjunctive.htm
>
> jh
>
> ps: I still think that "I was not ......" is acceptable subject to the fact
> that there is alternative phraseology. Perhaps the Oxbridge don is scanning
> the airwaves for cogent input from potential student applicants in which
> event you could receive favourable consideration :-)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2012 6:04 PM
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>
>> It should be the subjunctive, John, it's conditional, not the past.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On 4 Mar 2012, at 20:11, John Hudson wrote:
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