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591. A Subordinate clause takes the Subjunctive—

  1. When it expresses the thought of some other person than the speaker or writer (Informal Indirect Discourse), or
  2. When it is an integral part of a Subjunctive clause or equivalent Infinitive (Attraction).
1

Informal Indirect Discourse

1 See note on Indirect Discourse (§ 577).

Ginn and Company, 1903.

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