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I am not a grammar expert but for additional rules regarding the subjucntive verb usage you can go to http www bartleby com 64 C001 061 html 1 It smells as if someone has been smoking in here I think maybe someone has been smoking Correct 2 Do you hear that music It sounds as if they are having a...

Hi everyone I ve got a problem My grammar book would say They are looking at me as if I were mad I know I could use like instead of as if in informal situations and I could also use was instead of were informal again but I m confused about present tense usage where you should use the subjunctive...

CJThank you for the reply Speaking frankly I asked the same question in other English learners forums Most of the answers are similar to yours What s interesting was that in the choice between was and am in a sentence like I wish she knew that I was am a Japanese person most people chose am It...

Hello Jussive 1 Yes I d call it a type 2 Other types are also possible e g If only I had known type 3 Although it s true that the sentence I wish she would contact me I would be very happy lacks a conjunction I m not sure we can infer that If only she would contact me I would be very happy is...

CalifJim wrote If a student points to some construction and asks me if it s the subjunctive or not I can t reply No it s a monkey Now there you are wrong You are the teacher and can say any dang thing you want In fact a smart retort like that might go a long way toward making your students...

CalifJim wrote I avoid answering You just did src emoticons emotion 2 gif Avoid or answer I tried responding to the phrasal verb thread and got into some technical difficulties For some reason it wouldn t let me post And then I just forgot about it and never tried again as I got involved in some...

1 If only she would contact me This sentence uses if but there s only one clause so what type of sentence is this You wouldn t call it a conditional would you 2 The above sentence is about a wish and therefore we don t use will Also in other such sentences we use the simple past to express a wish...

When we talk about a subjunctive construction I think it is easier to understand it without the inserted clause I would think becasue that way one can clearly see the cause and effect relationship beteween the conditional clause and the main clasue 1 If someone tells you that you may park a...

They are the relics of the present subjunctive mood that was very commonly used under strict rules In my opinion the partial deterioration of the subjunctive mood is one of the factors that make the current English grammar somehow messy If you are interested in it please visit here paco

Hello again Paco Sorry my answer to your question was not what you were looking for Your question was could you give me any other types of sentences where a bare infinitive clause with a subject is used Even when they were not the type of examples you were expecting I posted precisely bare...