I continue to learn about the subjunctive mood (verbs). Since this is specified in the new TEKS, I have a need to refresh what I know about using and how to explain to students how to apply this mood when they write. Yes, this has consumed my thinking and represents only a fraction of the conventions (grammar and usage) specified in the new documents. The subjunctive mood expresses a suggestion, requirement, or desire, or it states a condition that is contrary to fact. Verbs such as ask, insist, urge, require, recommend, and suggest are used for a request and precede a subordinate clause beginning with that. However, the tricky little mood takes a shift when it is used with the be. Here a writer must use were for all subjects (singular and plural). Now do you know why this small little usage convention is consuming my mind. So, the RSS feeds on grammar have saved my sanity (both professional and personal).
I am reading other 23Thingers' blogs in hopes of locating more entertaining sites. I have enjoyed the one on Lost. I continue the quest. No more grammar, no more new TEKS. I need a fun break.
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