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We shall have to wait and see if the changes of Margaret Thatcher's political fortunes are reflected in the language as spoken in Britain, for one might be tempted to infer that the assertiveness of her tenure was partly responsible for the demise of the subjunctive in contrary-to-fact constructions--at least in those perceived by her to be contrary to what she perceived as fact.
The two changes are different, of course: the former marks a final succumbing to the relentless forces of the indicative: the weakening of the subjunctive might be regarded as a rejection of the tolerance of uncertainty on the part of the speaker, perhaps a product of the late-20th-century obsession with the facts, resulting in insecurity when faced with doubt, with low probability, or with contrary-to-fact situations.
As the standards slip in the marketplace, so they move on down the slippery slope in the education place, with older, wiser, more dedicated, better educated teachers gradually but ineluctably replaced by those who have not a scintilla of enlightenment regarding the meaning of contrary-to-fact condition, comma splice , or double genitive .