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I have a question about the use of the subjunctive in this sentence: If all the schools were to implement this program, which now exists only in the lower grades, then five years from now we will not have parents complaining that their teen-aged children still can't read.

There are a lot of internet examples that follow this pattern. Example: If that were to happen, then we will take appropriate action.

Would it be better to substitute "would" for "will" in both examples? Or, perhaps "should" for "were to"?

I have a question about the use of the subjunctive in this sentence: If all the schools were to implement this program, which now exists only in the lower grades, then five years from now we will not have parents complaining that their teen-aged children still can't read.

There are a lot of internet examples that follow this pattern. Example: If that were to happen, then we will take appropriate action.

Would it be better to substitute "would" for "will" in both examples, or "should" for "were to"?

I have a question about the use of the subjunctive in this sentence: If all the schools were to implement this program, which now exists only in the lower grades, then five years from now we will not have parents complaining that their teen-aged children still can't read.

There are a lot of internet examples that follow this pattern. Example: If that were to happen, then we will take appropriate action.

Is there any rule that the subjunctive should be followed by the conditional?

I have a question about the use of the subjunctive in this sentence: If all the schools were to implement this program, which now exists only in the lower grades, then five years from now we will not have parents complaining that their teen-aged children still can't read.

There are a lot of internet examples that follow this pattern. Example: If that were to happen, then we will take appropriate action.

Would it be better to substitute "would" for "will" in both examples? Or, perhaps "should" for "were to"?

I have a question about the use of the subjunctive in this sentence: If all the schools were to implement this program, which now exists only in the lower grades, then five years from now we will not have parents complaining that their teen-aged children still can't read.

There are a lot of internet examples that follow this pattern. Example: If that were to happen, then we will take appropriate action.

Is there any rule that the subjunctive should be followed by the conditional? In the first example I gave, the conditional "would" seems odd when speaking of something that may or may not happen five years from now.

I have a question about the use of the subjunctive in this sentence: If all the schools were to implement this program, which now exists only in the lower grades, then five years from now we will not have parents complaining that their teen-aged children still can't read.

There are a lot of internet examples that follow this pattern. Example: If that were to happen, then we will take appropriate action.

Is there any rule that the subjunctive should be followed by the conditional?