Usage of Recommend request with past subjunctive mood

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Usage of Recommend/ request with past subjunctive
mood

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Past subjunctive - usage
Recommend / Request When constructing a sentence,
put the recommendation or the request in the
first part of the sentence in the past tense
(must be imperfect), use que, change of subject,
and then put the second verb in the past
subjunctive.
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Examples

• Ellos recomendaban que yo no comiera toda la
  comida.
• Yo insistía que nosotros leyéramos la novela
  española.