I insisted that he apologised.

[toloue_man]

Can we use the past and present tenses in the subjunctive mood like the following sentences?

I insisted that he apologised. (instead of I insisted that he apologise)
Doctors recommend that everyone eats plenty of fruit. (instead of Doctors recommend that everyone eat plenty of fruit)

 

[emsr2d2]

Can we use the past and present tenses in the subjunctive mood, like such as in the following sentences?

"I insisted that he apologised" instead of "I insisted that he apologise".

"Doctors recommend that everyone eats plenty of fruit" instead of "Doctors recommend that everyone eat plenty of fruit".

Note my improvement to your thread title and my changes above.

"I insisted that he apologised" is grammatically correct but does not mean the same as "I insisted that he apologise". Can you work out the difference?

"Doctors recommend that everyone eats plenty of fruit" doesn't work because "recommend(ed)" is always followed by the bare infinitive.

 

[5jj]

Doctors recommend that everyone eats plenty of fruit. (instead of Doctors recommend that everyone eat plenty of fruit)

Purists will say that only the subjunctive form is correct, but many people use the indicative.