so, is the mood dead?

[RonBee]

Say:

I demanded that she hurry so that we could meet our deadline.

Or:

I insist that she hurry so that we can meet our deadline. It's important that she remember that our jobs are at stake here.

[Avalon]

Thanks...but did I say anything wrong? I compared the sentences I wrote to the ones you wrote and they are basically the same...granted, you put could instead of can, but my understanding of it is that you should not inflex or conjugate the verb, even when you have an action in the past.ex: ( Yesterday) I insisted that she hurry, so that we can meet our deadline for this project.( deadline is in the future, i.e this Friday, by instance) .

[RonBee]

If the deadline is in the future, then, yes, use can. If the deadline has passed and you are talking about something that occurred in the past then use could.

(Say:

this kind of sentence

OR

these kinds of sentences)

[Mister Micawber]

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I apologize for not being completely clear on where this thread is heading, but I would like to suggest, Avalon, that you continue to teach the mandative subjunctive (as especially in AmE), along with the BrE putative should, to your business students. Although usage is indeed liberalizing, especially in the spoken language, both of these forms are always correct, where others can still be challenged by purists (e.g. purist bosses), and are still in very much in use in more formal writing and speaking. TOEIC tests will also require these forms in some answers.
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[Avalon]

Thank you mister Micawber , and thank you too RonBee..BTW, I´m aware of Mister Micawber being from David Copperfield´s novel, I read it and thoroughly enjoyed it...but is it pronounced mecawber or mycawber??? I have the feeling it´s the first..