http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)http://www.englishforums.com/English/SubjunctiveCreatingSituations/gkkqr/post.htm#553418Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:02:04 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:553418Yoong Liat0http://www.englishforums.com/English/SubjunctiveCreatingSituations/gkkqr/post.htm#553418http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-553418.xml<BLOCKQUOTE><div><img src="/Themes/englishforums/images/icon-quote.gif"> <strong>Anonymous</strong></div><div>Hi,<br />If you have a situation where you are thinking of it as hypothetical or unreal, shoud we use the subjuctive??<br /><br />I would not lend him money unless I <span style="TEXT-DECORATION:underline;">were</span> a fool.<br />He acted as if he <span style="TEXT-DECORATION:underline;">were</span> a wise man -- which he is not. <div></div> <p></div></BLOCKQUOTE>The first sentence is fine.</p> <p>For the second sentence, &#39;which he is not&#39; is redundant.<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SubjunctiveCreatingSituations/gkknh/post.htmSun, 10 Aug 2008 21:58:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:553374Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/SubjunctiveCreatingSituations/gkknh/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-553374.xmlHi,<br />If you have a situation where you are thinking of it as hypothetical or unreal, shoud we use the subjuctive??<br /><br />I would not lend him money unless I <span style="text-decoration:underline;">were</span> a fool.<br />He acted as if he <span style="text-decoration:underline;">were</span> a wise man -- which he is not.<div style="clear:both;"></div>