Alongside the “Angry Young Men” of post-war literary Britain—Kingsley Amis, John Osborne and the rest—he cut a different figure.

相较英国战后那些“愤怒青年”作家——比如金斯利·埃米斯、约翰·奥斯本和他人而言，西利托显得卓尔不群。

Whatever the reason, the subjunctive stuck out as a Yankeeism, irking British commentators such as Kingsley Amis, a novelist: " Be careful with any American writings, which often indulge in subjunctive forms."

不管原因是什么，这个虚拟语气以一种美国式的美国式而引人注目，惹恼了一些英国评论家，比如小说家金斯利·艾米斯：注意美国人的写作，他们经常使用虚拟语气。”

By the end of the 20th century it was firmly associated with Americans who, wrote Kingsley Amis, a novelist, " often indulge in subjunctive forms" .

到 20 世纪末，它与美国人有着紧密的联系，小说家金斯利·艾米斯 (Kingsley Amis) 写道，“经常沉迷于虚拟语气形式”。