Without knowing 12:45 Nov 26, 2010
who the patient is, it is tempting to think that while both a French and an English doctor might know what the subjunctive is (less probable for the English doctor though) and use it correctly (both would be capable), and while the French patient (prison inmate?) might well use it, without actually knowing what he is doing in grammatical terms, the English patient (not the film) is quite likely not to know about subjunctives and, if he reasons at all all, think "was" is the correct form here. | 
The translation workplace 
peer agreement (net): +1
