[Grammar] You would think he is a good father

[NAL123]

Consider these sentences, please:

1) You would think he is a good father, but he isn't.

2) You would think he owns the place, from the way he talks! (he doesn't own)

Can I replace the indicative verbs in 1) and 2) with their corresponding subjunctive forms, with no change in meaning?

3) You would think he was a good father, but he isn't.

4) You would think he owned the place, from the way he talks! (he doesn't own)

 

[GoesStation]

Number three and four are more natural to me.

Where did you find these sentences?

 

[NAL123]

Number three and four are more natural to me.

Where did you find these sentences?

They are mine. I'm confused what to use in the "that clause" of "you would think" to refer to the present. Should I use the simple present ("is" or "owns") or the simple past ("was" or "owned")?

 

[GoesStation]

They are mine. I'm confused what to use in the "that clause" of "you would think" to refer to the present. Should I use the simple present ("is" or "owns") or the simple past ("was" or "owned")?

The backshifts in numbers three and four are natural.

 

[Rover_KE]

Where did you find these sentences?

They are mine.

In that case, it would have been helpful if post #1 had opened with 'Consider these sentences of mine, please'. That would have saved us the trouble of asking for the source.;-)