2. Analytical forms
I
should + be/ have/ do/ know
...
e.g. The committee has recommended that the training programme should be improved.
e.g. I suggested that the marketing problems should be investigated immediately.
Note 1
The Present Subjunctive forms and the analytical forms of the Subjunctive are used:
a) after the verbs demand (требовать), suggest (предлагать, советовать), propose (предлагать), recommend, require (требовать), urge (настоя-тельно советовать), insist (настаивать), move (вносить предложение) and other verbs with similar meanings followed by THAT-CLAUSE.
b) after impersonal expressions:
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It is (was)
necessary
important
obligatory
advisable
desirable
that the training programme (should) be improved
It is (was)
suggested
demanded
requested
recommende d
decided
that the training programme (s hould) be improved
Note 2
After the verb “wish” the conjunction “that” is omitted:
e.g. I wish I had read this book. (But I had no time to read it.)
Note 3
The Subjunctive Mood forms are used in subordinate clauses of purpose after the conjunctions “so that”, “in order that”, “lest”, usually in formal style.
e.g. In order that there should be no misunderstanding, we propose to issue these instructions to every employee in writing. (Чтобы не было никаких недоразумений, мы предлагаем выдать эти инструкции в письменном виде каждому служащему.)
e.g. Lest anyone (should) worry that this will lead to price increases, let me reassure them that it will not. (Чтобы никто не беспокоился о том, что это может вызвать рост цен, позвольте вас заверить, что этого не произойдет.)
Note 4
If subordinate clauses are not used after verbs and expressions conveying hypothetical meaning, they should be followed by the Infinitive or a Noun (or a Gerund).
e.g. The speaker urged us to give our financial support.
e.g. The speaker urged immediate action against the illegal transaction.
e.g. He insisted on immediate repayment.
e.g. She demanded to speak to the manager.
Exercise 10
Use the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Translate the sentences into Russian, in writing.
1 I wish I (to be) an employee of the bank.
2 The party was awful, and we all wished we never (to go ) to it.
3 They strongly recommend that the new company (to be modelled) on the existing structure.
4 I wish she (to be) punctual and careful at work. Otherwise she wouldn’t have lost her job with this company.
5 Mr. Chairman, I move that the meeting (to be continued) after dinner.
6 The shareholders have demanded that all the facts concerning the company’s insolvency (to be made) public.
7 I suggested that we (to go) on holiday and she agreed at once.
8 It was advisable that they (to speak) to the bank’s president immediately.
9 It was advised that my answers during the job interview (to be) brief, polite and businesslike.
10 It is necessary that he (to find ) the books on financial management.
11 It is important that you (to learn) how to operate a computer.