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Re: Subjunctive?

There are lots of problems with accepting Google results at face value, many of which have been discussed in detail in these forums. Nevertheless, they are useful for getting a good general impression of usage across all registers. They are of absolutely no use for those who want a...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by CalifJim 1 yr 62 days ago Constructions Numbers Subjunctives
Re: Which way would you sway?

<I would be interested to see quotations from the early English grammarians that presented spoken English as somehow inferior, or that demonstrated an imposition of inappropriate rules from Latin. > Do you doubt that was the case? If so, I guess you disagree with this: "If they have...

ESL Linguistics Discussion Forum by milky 1 yr 98 days ago Nouns Verbs Tenses Prepositions Grammar Subjunctives Numbers Direct objects English grammar
Re: subjunctive or past conditional

Bokeh,About this book you referred to:A Modern English Grammar" (Oxford) I did my own research in the hope that I could check it out somewhere—at a bookstore, a library or wherever—with my own eyes, but I found that the book was so old that it seemed to be almost impossible to get it anywhere.So,...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Taka 1 yr 114 days ago Grammar Numbers Subjunctives English grammar
Re: I wish I was/were there

I personally grew up hearing the set phrase If I were you... (not Were I you, which somebody quoted as a "stuffy" example). I did not have to learn about the subjunctive in Latin or Italian in order to use this form, but it's true that when I studied the subjunctive in those languages I did...

ESL Linguistics Discussion Forum by J Lewis 1 yr 279 days ago Subjunctives Numbers
Correct order in which to parse a verb?

I've forgotten now.We were taught something like:Person, number, voice, mood, tense.Would others go along with that?Can anyone set me straight on these:I will sit in the chair. - 1st person singular, active, indicative, futureThey had been told what to do. - 3rd person plural, passive,...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Garnett 1 yr 287 days ago Verbs Plurals Tenses Numbers Subjunctives

Re: Should it be in the subjunctive?

Opportunity vs. chance You may want to buy this dictionary: Merriam Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms: A Dictionary of Discriminated Synonyms With Antonyms and Analogous and Contrasted Words very good for such comparisons, which says: ----------- Chance...

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Marius Hancu 1 yr 338 days ago

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None of is/are able vs. none of us was/were able

The following problem came up in class today:None of us was/were able to communicate with the alien. Now, I was taught to find the head subject and then form the verb according to the number of this head subject, but here I am not sure whether none of modifies us (> were) or of us modifies...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Mr Patrick 1 yr 341 days ago Verbs Tenses Numbers Subjunctives Essays
Re: Is the tense correct?

After we exchanged phone numbers and agreed that she returns at 3 pm, the baby was lying comfortably in the office.To clarify: No, she does not have a routine. She approached the writer at his workplace to take care of the baby for her and agreed to return at 3pm. Meanwhile, the writer's...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Anonymous 2 yr 25 days ago Verbs Tenses Numbers Subjunctives
Re: Is the tense correct?

If an element of obligation was involved in her return: After we exchanged phone numbers and agreed that she should return at 3 pm, the baby was lying comfortably in the office. This can also be formulated in a more formal manner by using the subjunctive: After we exchanged phone...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Marius Hancu 2 yr 26 days ago Tenses Numbers Subjunctives Genders
subjunctive past

1. It was agreed six months ago that the house, come what may, be decorated inside and out before the end of June. 2. It was agreed six months ago that the house, come what may, should be decorated inside and out before the end of June. 3. It was agreed six months ago that the house, come what...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Inchoateknowledge 2 yr 28 days ago Numbers Subjunctives