I drop caps 和虚拟语气
我们知道，在表示“建议”、“要求”、“命令”或“应当做……”等意义的动词后面的宾语从句、表语从句和同位语从句中的谓语动词需要用虚拟语气，即用“（ should ）动词原形”来表示。为了便于记忆，我们可以把这些动词的首字母编成一个短句： I DROP CAPS. 这些常用的动词是： insist 坚持； demand 要求； desire 要求； decide 决定； request 请求； require 需要、要求； order 命令； propose 建议； command 命令； ask 请求； arrange 安排； advise 建议； prefer 宁愿； suggest 建议。现将它们的用法举例如下：
I insisted that he should come with us.
我坚决主张他与我们一起来。
He came to my house and demanded that I should help him.
他来到我家，要求我帮助他。
He desired that you should come at once.
他要求你马上来。
The committee decided that no one should be admitted without a ticket.
委员会决定无票者不得入场。
I requested that he should use his influence on my behalf.
我请求他为我施加他的影响力。
His health requires that he should go to bed early.
他的身体状况需要他早点就寝。
The judge ordered that the prisoner should be remanded.
法官令被告还押候审。
I proposed that we should start early.
我建议（我们）早点动身。
The pirate chief commanded that the prisoners should be shot.
海盗首领下令将俘虏枪杀。
The examination instructions ask that the students should not use a pencil.
考试说明要求学生不得用铅笔。
He advised the doctor should be sent for.
他劝我们派人请医生。
I'd prefer that she should act the young lady.
我倒认为她演那个年青女子好。
Sometimes she would suggest that I should be saving some of the money.
她有时建议我把钱存起来一些。
在这些动词后面的从句中使用虚拟语气时应注意如下几点：
（ 1 ）这些动词变为被动语态（如： It is suggested + that 主语从句）形式后，从句的谓语动词仍用“（ should ）动词原形”。例如：
It was arranged that they should leave the following week.
安排他们下一个星期动身。
It is ordered that the medicine should be sent soon.
根据命令药品必须马上送去。
It is required that you should arrive at 8 a.m.
你必须上午八点到。
It has been desired that the meeting should be postponed till next week.
已经决定会议延期到下个星期开。
It was desired that this should be postponed till next week.
请转告全体工作人员注意本条规章。
（ 2 ）由这些动词派生的或转换的名词（如： suggestion 建议； decision 决定； demand 要求； requirement 要求、需要）后面的表语从句和同位语从句的谓语动词仍用“（ should ）动词原形”。例如：
My suggestion is that we should send a few people to help the other groups.
我的建议是我们派几个人去帮助别的小组。
Their decision was that John should not share the room with them.
他们的决定是约翰不应和他们分享那个房间。
The demand is that manuscripts should be written on one side only.
按照要求，手稿要单面写。
（ 3 ）这些动词在不表达“某事必须做或某事重要”这一词义时（如： suggest 暗示、表明； insist 坚决认为），后面的宾语从句则不用虚拟语气，而用陈述语气。比较下面两组句子：
① He insisted that the should attend the meeting.
他坚决 要求 出席会议。
She insisted that she heard somebody in the house.
她 坚持认为 她听到屋里有人。
② She suggested that they should start early.
她建 议 他们早点离开。
Her smile suggested that she was satisfied.
她的微笑 表明 她很满意。
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