He calls her as though he wanted to say that he loved her
или
He calls her as though he wanted to say that he loves her

По правилам согласования нужно употребить loved, но как быть в случае Subjunсtive mood II? Имеется ввиду, что он звонит ей словно хочет сказать, что любит её.
Интересует именно этот случай, а не сказать как-то по-другому!

Спасибо!

You sound as though you like it (presumably fact)
He looks as though he knew what's going to happen (=>he doesn't - more hypothetical)
cf. He looks as though he knows what's going to happen (=> maybe he does)
Both will do -
He calls her as though he wanted to say that he loved her
He calls her as though he wantS to say that he loves her

т.е. можно забить на Subjunсtive mood II в придаточном предложении. Как вы к этому относитесь?

1. He calls her as though he wants to say that he loves her.

2. He calls her as though he wanted to say that he loved her.

I'm thinking of "call" as in a telephone call.

Sentence 2 can mean the same thing as sentence 1. It usually does. But sentence 2 can also mean that he wanted to say that sometime in the past he loved her. For example, he wanted to say that when he and she were both in Rome, he loved her then. Now it's 20 years later... How do you know the meaning for sentence 2? From the context, of course.