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The Consumers' Association study showed 75% of parents thought junk food advertising campaigns made it harder for them to insist their children ate healthy food. I don't think that "ate" as a past-tense form works here. Like, you wouldn't say "I insisted that you did it my way." Is it as...

Hi, You don't really need the subjunctive because the verb 'wish' already conveys the idea that we are not talking about something 'real'. That's why it sounds odd to use the subjunctive. An exception is when we say something like 'I wish that I were young again' but this tends today to...

This subjunctive has the same form as the bare infinitive and, yes, it tends to be used mainly with certain (specific) verbs and phrases. It is not restricted to the third person. Here are some verbs and phrases with which the subjunctive might be typically used: ask (that) be determined...

Mister Micawber wrote: Future Simple (I will sit) Future Continuous/Progressive (I will be sitting) Future Perfect (I will have sat") Present Simple (I sit) Past Simple (I sat) Past Continuous/Progressive (I was sitting) Past Perfect (I had sat) Past Perfect Continuous/Progressive (I had been...

Future Simple (I will sit) Future Continuous/Progressive (I will be sitting) Future Perfect (I will have sat") Present Simple (I sit) Past Simple (I sat) Past Continuous/Progressive (I was sitting) Past Perfect (I had sat) Past Perfect Continuous/Progressive (I had been sitting) Any I've missed?...

Thanks Mister Micawber. Can you help me with tense names for english please: I've had a stab at it: Future Perfect (I will sit) Future Imperfect (I will be sitting) Future Historic (I will have sat") Present (I sit) Perfect(I sat) Imperfect (I was sitting) Pluperfect (I had sat" ? (I had been...

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, future They had been told what to do. - 3rd person plural, passive,...

Yoong Liat wrote: 1. She walks as though she is drunk. 2. She walks as though she was drunk. 3. She walks as though she were drunk. What is the difference between the three sentences? I believe #2 and #3 have the same meaning. This website may be helpful in...

Yoong Liat wrote: I remember reading in one of my books on English usage many, many years ago that there is a difference between He walks as though he were drunk and He walks as though he is drunk. But I wasn't sure that my memory served me right. After posting, the more I thought, the...

I remember reading in one of my books on English usage many, many years ago that there is a difference between He walks as though he were drunk and He walks as though he is drunk. But I wasn't sure that my memory served me right. After posting, the more I thought, the more I felt I must...