Subjunctive Mood

Thanks to www.DrLemon.com for the following explanation:

While conjugating verbs into the Subjunctive form is not too difficult, it is deciding when and where to use the Subjunctive that gets a little complicated. We will look at it slowly and determine the rules for its use in stages.

The Subjunctive always is needed when we express a *WEIRDO using the 3-part formula below. (*the WEIRDO formula was devised by the awesome Dr. Karen Berg)

There is a 3 part formula for using the Subjunctive. Each one of these three components MUST be in place.