The Suppositional Mood and Subjunctive I,

THEIR FORMS AND USE IN SUBJECT CLAUSES

 

The Suppositional Mood and Subjunctive I represent the action as problematic, but not contradicting to reality. These moods represent the action as desirable or undesirable, suggested, advised, etc. they are used to express necessity, suggestion, advice, supposition, etc.

The Suppositional Mood is formed with the help of the auxiliary verb should for all the persons Singular and Plural and the infinitive of the notional verb in the appropriate form without the particle to. The Suppositional Mood has 2 forms:

 

 

Non-perfect			Perfect
I He (she, it) We You They	should	write be writing be written	I He (she, it) We You They	should	have written have been written

                                    

 

The Non-perfect form of the Suppositional Mood is used to express simultaneousness in the present or in the past, or to refer the action to the future.

        

E.g. It’s not surprising he should be tired.

 

The Perfect form of the Suppositional Mood is used to express prior actions or situations.

 

              E.g. It’s a shame he should have behaved like that.

Since suggestion, advice and recommendation as a rule refer to the future, the perfect form of the Suppositional Mood is rather seldom used.

Subjunctive I has only one form which is used with reference to any time.

 

I                           He (she, it)  We              You   They

be do be doing

 

E.g. It’s possible we go sightseeing first.   

 

THE SUPPOSITIONAL MOOD AND SUBJUNCTIVE I IN OBJECT, PREDICATIVE AND ATTRIBUTIVE APPOSITIVE CLAUSES AFTER VERBS AND NOUNS DENOTING SUGGESTION, DEMAND, ETC.

 

The Suppositional Mood and Subjunctive I are used in Object, Predicative and Attributive clauses after verbs and nouns denoting suggestion, demand, recommendation and order (to demand, to insist, to suggest, to order, suggestion, recommendation, request, etc.)

Object clauses

to demand to insist to suggest to order

that

the Suppositional Mood sb. should do sth. Subjunctive I sb. do sth.

                                     

              E.g. I suggest that we should give up trying. I order that you withdraw!

Predicative clauses

                  

order demand suggestion wish  rule recommendation request

is was will be

that

the Suppositional Mood sb. should do sth. Subjunctive I sb. do sth.

                           

              E.g. My only wish was that we should never meet again.

Attributive clauses

 

order demand suggestion wish recommendation rule request

that

the Suppositional Mood sb. should do sth. Subjunctive I sb. do sth.

 

E.g.He gave an order that they should leave at once.

E.g. We were given a recommendation that we should refrain from checking our mail.

 

Exercise 111. Make up sentences.

 

I My parents The authorities Our guide They

demand suggest recommend insist request

that

you should stay for a couple of days here. the car park be moved. we should dine at this restaurant. I should clean my room once a week. I should adjust their TV.

 

My order His demand The suggestion Her wish

is was will be

that

you should leave at once! we think it over again. you should be more careful. they should fax the data.

 

I She  He They

gave made expressed

an order a suggestion a request a wish

that

you shouldn’t take it serious. the guests should be invited in. we should dine at this restaurant. he should go to Italy.

 

Exercise 112. Read the sentences. State the type of subordinate clause.

 

1. I demand we should be paid in advance. 2. I couldn’t refrain from the suggestion that their presence should be required. 3. My advice is that you should do something about your pronunciation. 4. She ordered that the mail should be posted at 5 p.m. daily. 5. He expressed a wish that the group should have more free time downtown. 6. Do you insist that we postpone the meeting? 7. Our new rule is that all the employees should check in at this board. 8. He ordered that nothing should be touched. 9. I insist that the margins should be drawn on the paper. Otherwise your paper wouldn’t be graded. 10. I made a request that the information should be easy of access.

 

Exercise 113. Complete the sentences using your Active Grammar. State the type of subordinate clause.

 

1. I will insist ….

2. I suggest ….

3. We recommend ….

4. He demands ….

5. They order ….

6. His suggestion was ….

7. My recommendation is ….

8. Our request is ….

9. He proposed a demand ….

10. They expressed a wish ….

11. The suggestion was ….

12. My only recommendation will be ….

13. Her demand is ….

14. Our rule was …

 

Exercise 114. Translate into English using your Active Grammar.

 

1. Она будет настаивать, чтобы вы остались погостить еще на пару дней. 2. Мое предложение заключается в том, чтобы вы приняли участие в нашей конференции. 3. Он отдал приказ, чтобы подозреваемого отвели в камеру. 4. Моя просьба состоит в том,  чтобы  вы  высказали свое мнение по поводу опубликованной  статьи.  5.  Мы

 

требуем, чтобы голосование было проведено немедленно. 6. Администрация просит, чтобы посетители не нарушали тишину в зале. 7. Его единственное желание состоит в том, чтобы поскорее забыть этот день. 8. Мы настаиваем, чтобы итоги голосования были оглашены.