What’s the most effective way to help learners internalise the use of the subjunctive in both formal and informal contexts?

I started another book last week. The book was quite confusing, the prose was too poetic and I couldn’t really understand it. An acquaintance told me that it was like that at first and later the brain would adjust to the style. Therefore, earlier, I continued reading slowly this time; it becomes easier and the poetic lines gives off vivid mental images. The main character is now sick, he saw something horrendous, and couldn’t stop thinking about it. He has started pondering, he’s doubting his reality, his already extinguished fire is slowly reigniting. Suddenly his boss appeared, and saw that light on his eyes, he knew what was happening as he has gone through the same process. After some pause, he is telling him the origin of everything. As the meaning behind of the book's title was starting to reveal itself… someone frenetically started ringing my home bell. My delivery arrived.

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What's "clock out"? Time of leaving or time of end work shift?

Today I woke up earlier than usual on weekends and went to the central park of my city. I had arranged to meet an acquaintance to pick up a guidebook I bought. I hadn't been on this park in a long time. It was refreshing. I walked along my old route, and as expected, some memories came back to me. I looked around for changes, but everything seemed the same: the same unpainted building on the corner, a house-turned-bookstore full of shelves, and the same chilly wind. It was midday on a sunny day, so I hid behind a tree and waited for quite a while. The wind, as always, reminded me of my beloved “desert” city, a place of contradiction, where the heat scorches and the cold bites.