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[wary ibex]

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[boreal lichen]

It just makes more sense for the sentence tbh.

I would like him to be there vs I like that he's there

Both would take the subjunctive, but the second one is a little odd with no context

[quick rune]

Yeah i get it, is there any other verbs or expressions that happens to be in différent mood or tense as we saw in the verb aimer for subjonctif ?

[boreal lichen]

It's not so much verb dependent as it is context dependent

[agile jackal]

The tense of the first verb doesn't change whether or not you'd need the subjunctive there

j'aime que tu sois là
j'aimerais que tu sois là
j'aurais aimé que tu sois là

the meaning changes, but not the need for the subjunctive

and it would work the same for pretty much any verb that triggers the subjunctive
it just depends on the meaning that you're going for

[quick rune]

Thank you for your response and May i ask you what is the logic of this rule, does this apply to all verbs that require subjunctive

[agile jackal]

That's an example of ne explétif, and no it doesn't apply in all cases of the subjunctive, it's more specific than that: https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/ne-expletif/

[quick rune]

I thought that ne explétif is only used in subjunctive mood but it is not only used in subjunctive as i can see in the examples of that site right ?