Just to confuse matters, you will find  that native speakers use both.

 

 

So do we teach what should be or do we teach what really happens?

 

 Cheers Joy

 

The subjunctive is a mood and not a tense; it is extremely formal and tends only to be used in writing. When emploied, we use the root form for all persons. However, it can often be substituted for a modal verb. Thus native speakers do not use both, often preferring to use a modal instead.

 

Another example would be I recommend that he be imprisioned, or in the past, I wish that I were taller.

 

You can find out more about this in Longman �s Grammar and Vocabulary for CAE and CPE.

 

I think I have the answer now... The grammer books are technically correct, but native speakers so often use it the other way that it has now become acceptable and informally correct. That would be why the Word program has it that way.

 

Thank you all for all your input. It has really helped me alot.

 

Take care.

Jennings Teacher^^