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It's not subjunctive. It's the modal use of need . Modal need can occur in non-assertive contexts. Modals never take the s in the first person singular of the present tense the way non-modal verbs do. In that way they resemble subjunctive forms, which are also missing the s . The...

Yankee wrote: Yes, Taka, that's how I see it. Thank you, Amy! Marius Hancu wrote: I see where Yankee's coming from and there's some argument for it, but the would at the end of the sentence is decisive, IMO: it's subjunctive because it's a hypothetical situation: MH, For your information:...

Taka wrote: Remember, just because the modal verb 'would' appears in the main clause, this doesn't mean that the verb in the if clause must be in the subjunctive if the content of that clause is not presupposed to be false. The above is related to the following example sentence: ...

Yankee wrote: Hi Taka In case you haven't found this yet, here is a link to what the American Heritage Book of English Usage has to say about the subjunctive: http://www.bartleby.com/64/C001/061.html Good, Yankee. Thanks for the URL. And I was particularly interested in these parts....

http://www.englishforums.com/English/Pleased/hvdv/Post.htm http://www.englishforums.com/English/Subjunctive/gmkc/Post.htm In both of the above posts, miriam has explained the subjunctive in detail but it's all quite confusing to me. I've studied subjuctive from American Heritage and Columbian...

When we talk about a subjunctive construction, I think it is easier to understand it without the 'inserted clause, I would think' becasue that way one can clearly see the cause-and-effect relationship beteween the conditional clause and the main clasue. 1. If someone tells you that you...

("would" does not form a subjunctive.) Thus, "She wouldn't let me do ..." is equivalent to "She refused to let me do ...". The Volkov: You confused me.. In *all class-books* the subjunctive mood means that speaker is considering an action as suppositional/possible/desirable... And would...