SUBJUNCTIVE
The subjunctive in English is the simple form of the verb when used after certain verbs indicating that one person wants another person to do something.
Advise, demand, insist, propose, prefer, require, suggest, request, ask, recommend, command, urge, order, decree.
NOTE: The verb want itself is not one of these verbs. In the following rule, verb indicates one of the above verbs.
Subject + verb+ that + subject + [verb in simple form]..
The doctor suggested that his patient stop smoking.
We proposed that he take a vacation.
I move that we adjourn until this afternoon.
The simple form of the verb is also used after impersonal expressions with the same meaning as the above verbs.
The adjectives that fit into this formula include the following.
Advised, recommended, proposed, urgent, obligatory, important, necessary, mandatory, suggested, required, imperative.
In the following rule, adjective indicates one of the above adjectives.
It+be adjective + that + subject +[verb in simple form].. (Any tense)
It is necessary that he find the books.
It was urgent that she leave at once.
It has been proposed that we change the topic.
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