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Old April 10, 2012, 06:32 PM
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Why subjunctive here?

Would someone kindly explain to me why the writer chose subjunctive at the end of this paragraph (where I underlined)?

Thanks in advance.


"'Esta elección probablemente tendrá el contraste más grande que hemos visto desde la elección entre Johnson-Goldwater, quizá incluso desde antes', dijo Obama durante un acto de recaudación de fondos en Florida, y justo antes de que se definiera su adversario en la elección general."

And would you translate it as, "...and just before his general election opponent was made definite."?
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