lest if the predicate
of the principal
clause expresses fear.
Should is used for all persons:
e.g. Doctor Brown was afraid lest Margaret should think the house bare and cheerless.
He trembled lest his secret should be discovered.
I am very much afraid that I shouldn’t be acceptable.
After verbs denoting fear object clauses are often introduced
by the conjunction that, in
which case the Indicative Mood is used often with modal verb may (might):
e.g. She feared that she might be blamed.
The Subjunctive Mood is used in object clauses
which the verb denote order, recommendation,
suggestion, advice, desire and etc., in the principal clause. The analytical subjunctive with the mood
auxiliary
should is used (for all persons).
e.g. She proposed to my aunt that we should go upstairs and see my room.
The Gadfly had insisted that the work should be finished by the middle of June.
Here in this case the Present Subjunctive is used in American English:
e.g. Ernie
called him at the lab, suggesting that they get together and talk things over.
Ivory insisted that he be present in the most genuine and friendly fashion imaginable.
