Wiki: English does not have a specifically subjunctive verb form. Rather, subjunctive clauses recruit the bare form of the verb which is also used in a variety of other constructions such as imperatives and infinitives. Thus, linguists regard the English subjunctive as syntactic
@MichaelRosenYes That's why French is such a wonderful language. The subjunctive is so useful.
@MichaelRosenYes We hardly have any verb forms though do we. It’s all smoke and modals.
@MichaelRosenYes Why oh why is this not tested at primary school?
@MichaelRosenYes I'm glad you cleared that up While I've got your attention, what's your view on the gerund?
@MichaelRosenYes Did I miss the part where you said you were going to give us a SATS SPAG test soon? Getting fronted-adverbial flashbacks over here!
@MichaelRosenYes You have just begun reading the sentence you have just finished reading
@MichaelRosenYes All of that went straight over the top of my head, but I might learn it word for word and repeat at my creative writing group just to impress...