"be sure to" in the Subjunctive
Is it possible to use "be sure to" (Complex Subject) in the Subjunctive mood in this sentence:
If I had time I would be sure to come to your lessons. (=If I had time I would undoubtedly come to your lessons).
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There is no subjunctive in your examples. I requested that he come to the meeting. "
- There is no subjunctive in your examples.
- I requested that he come to the meeting.
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There is no subjunctive in your examples.
I requested that he come to the meeting.
"Come" is subjunctive; normally, it would be "comes."
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I don't know what you mean by this. Both clauses have only "I" for a subject, and that's not particularly complex.
'be' in 'be sure to' in your sentence is a bare infinitive form as required after a modal verb (would), so as already mentioned above, there is nothing subjunctive going on here. (would is never an
0It's an interesting question, because the idiomatic expression "be sure to" is a little "complex." Below it looks like it functions as a subject.
Example: Be sure to come.
Either it is an infinitive phrase modifying come or the subject "you" is implied. Not a simple concept.
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