By Subjunctives, Simple past

Marius Hancu wrote: b) Parents and psychologists understood/comprehended/got the idea that if real fear and harsh punishment were removed from child training, children would develop into better happier and kinder adults. Now, in b), "if the fear were removed" can be thought of being...

Taka wrote: Eight-year-old Jimmy comes to school and on his face is the clear mark of a hand. if real fear and harsh punishment were removed from child training, children would develop into better happier and kinder adults. About the part in red, is it the subjunctive mood, or the simple...

Eight-year-old Jimmy comes to school and on his face is the clear mark of a hand. "Where did you get that mark, Jimmy?" asks his teacher. "My mom hit me," answers Jimmy. Sixty years ago, the teacher might well have replied, "I'll bet you deserved it." Today, by law, in every state of America,...

This situation is a little different than your type III conditional formula is intended for. The speaker is not in Ian's position, so the phrase is a "condition contrary to fact". In that situation a formal speaker or writer would use the subjunctive mood of the verb rather than indicative or...

Loojka wrote:Both can be correct, depending on what you're trying to say.I would give anything that she 'asked' me to. - I would give anything that she wanted me to.I would give anything if she asked me to. (condition emphasized) I would not give anything, unless she asked me to.This explanation...

Bokeh wrote: Marius Hancu wrote:even if i knew where he isFor concordance with the imperfect subjunctive you need the simple past tense (was). You may want to see this in another forum: http://thegrammarexchange.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/340600179/m/4981044844

Marius Hancu wrote:even if i knew where he isFor concordance with the imperfect subjunctive you need the simple past tense (was).

I was is simple past. I were is the subjunctive. I was hungry, so I ate an apple. If I were hungry, I would eat something. Perhaps you could write a few sentence using "I was" or "I were" to see how it goes.

Hena wrote:I know might is less stronger than may; can we also say "could" is less probable than "might" ?The difference between "could" and "might" is that "could" can form an indicative, standalone, simple past tense of the present tense form "can" whereas the standalone "might" forms the...

Can you give me some examples of the present subjunctive in regular verbs, other than 'be' verbs? Can you also give me some examples of the past subjunctive in regular verbs, other than 'be' verbs?As already explained above, other than be, the only forms that show the subjunctive are the third...