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Hi, I was looking at the us.geocities.com website for its excellent help on subjunctive and have a question in regard to one set of sentences I found in the section called "The Past Tense." 1. Peter said, "I lost my keys in the train yesterday" Peter said that he had lost his keys in the...

HiWith regard to 2 and 3, only the mood.2 is declarative, 3 is subjunctive.No diff in meaning.both 2 and 3 mean that it looks like she is drunk, although the speaker knows that she is not.1 means that the speaker assumes she is drunk.

Dear Clive, another question if you wouldn't mind. In good English, do I have to use the subjunctive in the following sentence? Best regards.

Clive wrote:Hi, If he called, tell him I'll be back soon If you said that to me, I would have no idea what you meant. I certainly wouldn't see it as referring to any kind of future calling. It sounds like you are telling me "if he called in the past, tell him (when? next time he calls?) that...

Hi Marius, ...that teenagers want... is Present Subjunctive, ...that teenagers should want... is Past Subjunctive. I don't think there should be any difference. Compare: ...that a teenager want... Does 'should' add a shade of embarrassment? Regards, Slava

Nothing wrong there, Maple. Excellent point. To make be it observed subjunctive requires a different sort of thought. Note how the structure usually has an or when it's a matter of the subjunctive use. Be it observed in the morning or in the afternoon, the statue has that same gloomy...

Dear MrP, So according to what you've said what would be the closest equivalent to the following sentences: 1) Unfortunately, I'm not as agile as I used to be. a) If only I were as agile as I used to be. (this one ?) b) If only I could be as agile... 2) I regret the fact that we didn't see...

CJ, Perfect replies!!! It greatly helped me to understand it. Thanks a lot, I really appreciate it!!! Kindest regards, Jake

Hi Sextus, "A Pyrrhonist’s adoption of a philanthropic outlook seems to be accidental, since it appears to be solely the consequence of his living in a given society and of his belonging to a certain medical and philosophical milieu. If a Pyrrhonist happened to grow up philanthropy as a naïve...

"A Pyrrhonist’s adoption of a philanthropic outlook seems to be accidental, since it appears to be solely the consequence of his living in a given society and of his belonging to a certain medical and philosophical milieu. If a Pyrrhonist happened to grow up philanthropy as a naïve and...