I was confused with the subjunctive following the phrase "nous esperons que ce soit.." as I thought it didn't take it in the affirmative, only in the negative?
Use of subjunctive
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Bonjour Jane,
In modern French, 'espérer' is followed by L'Indicatif in most cases. After a long discussion, the language team agreed that this sentence should be changed to L'Indicatif Présent as Le Subjonctif would imply that the 'collaboration / future of the person in the company' was very much in doubt. And then, why hire the person in the first place ? ;-)
I hope this is helpful.
Bonne journée !
Hi Jane,
I haven't tried to do this particular exercise but there are situations where the subjunctive is appropriate. See here for further information
https://www.lawlessfrench.com/subjunctivisor/esperer/
Hope you will find this useful.
Jim
Use of subjunctive
I was confused with the subjunctive following the phrase "nous esperons que ce soit.." as I thought it didn't take it in the affirmative, only in the negative?
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