Tryb łączący - subjunctive jest używany w formalnym języku angielskim, kiedy chcemy wyrazić czy dana rzecz jest istotna. Zazwyczaj następuje po takich czasownikach jak: recommend, insist lub suggest, i innych wyrazach, oznaczających, że dana rzecz jest ważna, istotna.
Form and use
The subjunctive form is the same as the infinitive (without to). It does not show any marking for tense and can be used to refer to events in the past, present or future. We use it most often in that clausesafter certain verbs ( advise, ask, demand, insist, propose, recommend, request, suggest) and after adjectives (advisable, anxious, desirable, eager, essential, important, necessery, preferable, vital, willing) to express the idea that something is necessery or important.
It is vital that children not leave the school grounds until their parents arrive.
They claimed it was essential that the security system be checked.
Informal alternatives
The subjunctive is used in reported speech, very formal language and in poetry.
I know not whether laws be right
Or whether laws be wrong (Oscar Wilde)
Fixed expressions
There are some fixed expressions which use subjunctive forms:
Bless you!
Long live the republic!
I'll take it all the way to the Supreme Court if need be. (=if this is necessery)
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