NYT column puts subjunctive in its place

Here's a good column on the subjunctive by Philip B. Corbett, The New York Times deputy news editor who is also in charge of the paper's style manual. You remember the subjunctive, right? That's the verb mode that, as Corbett says, expresses "an idea that is contrary to fact or entirely hypothetical."

Take a look at the article. It may help you the next time subjunctive comes around, and I know it will