à cause du fait que je sois coincé

Gabrielle C1Kwiziq community member

à cause du fait que je sois coincé

Why is the subjunctive used here?

Asked 3 years ago
JimC1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Hi Gabrielle,

Haven't read the text but suggest may be that one is expressing some frustration / emotion therefore the subjunctive which would highlight the emotion aspect?

Hope this may help.  Alan (Jim) 

TomC1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

I thought this was a very good article on why 'le fait que' sometimes requires the subjunctive:

https://www.thoughtco.com/does-le-fait-que-subjunctive-1369243

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Why is the subjunctive used here?

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