Analytical forms.

Present subj.

Should/would/could/mayu/might+inf

He insisted that we should come to the party. (AmE – we come to the party)

Past Subj.

Should/would/could/might/may+Perf.Inf.

If I had had enough of money I would have bought this dictionary.

The form of the subjunctive express in the language the idea of unreality of an action. There are 2 tense forms of the subjunctive which express various degrees of probability of an action. The Pres.Subj. presents an action in the form of likelihood, hopefulness. Because the action refers to the Present or Future in this case there are still some theoretical & hypothetical chances to perform it. If you invited me to your birthday party I would come (the party had not yet taken place & the invitation can still be got). The past subj. expr-s complete unlikelihood of the action & impossibility which is formally indicated by the perfect forms of the verb. If you had invited me I should have come (reproach).

The forms of the Subj.M. are subdivided into synth. & analytical ones. Synth forms are equal to bare infinitive. I demand he go there. If I were rich.. Anal. forms: pres.subj (should would may could + inf) past (+perf.inf).

In ModE there 2 fields of the use of the Subj.M. Free use of the Subj.M. in simple sentences. Many of these cases survived since OldE. They express wish and good will, exclamations. Long live our Motherland! Success attend you. God bless you. Heaven forbid. Be ours a happy meeting. So be it. Manners be hanged. Far be it from me to contradict you.

Complex sentences of the mixed type when the condition refers to the past & the consequence to the present. E.g. If you had taken the medicine yesterday you would be well now.

If a complex sentence begins “It’s time”, we use Past Ind. In the subordinate clause. E.g. It’s time we went home.

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