"Yesterday, Jane insisted that we order(ed) the toy."

past is correct, here

I think he wants to stage future and past thus, would order...

thank you.

what if i insert a "should", would it change anything?

"Yesterday, Jane insisted that we should order(ed) the toy."

"Yesterday, Jane insisted that we order the toy." 'order' = subjunctive (commonly used in AmE), 'should order' may be more common in BE.
In other words, we may not have ordered the toy yet, but will order it because Jane insisted on it yesterday.

If you said "Yesterday, Jane insisted that we ordered the toy." I would probably understand that we had forgo

Yankee"Yesterday, Jane insisted that we order the toy." 'order' = subjunctive (commonly used in AmE), 'should order' may be more common in BE.

G. Curme says that 'should order' is just a bit softer than 'order' (for AmE).

This is interesting...

In 1939, Adolfo insisted that Mr. Sturmtruppen kill them all.

Do we always have to use the present subjunctive (bare infinitive) even if something is not relevant anymore? (He had to kill them some time ago, not now).

Yes, you can the present subjunctive, even in a past context.

In ordinary BrE:

1. Jane insisted that we order the toy.

— this might sound a little formal; but the present subjunctive does seem to be more common in BrE these days.

2. Jane insisted that we should order the toy.

— yes, fairly commonly heard.

3. Jane insisted that we ordered the to

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After a past indicative tense form the distinction of meaning between present and past tense forms usually disappears entirely:

She desired that he might come at once.

We demanded that the burden should be removed.


In recent literature and present colloquial usage, however, the tendency occasionally found in the early Mode

So, 'Yesterday, Jane insisted that we order the toy' is correct?

Yes.