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hope / demand/ desire / want /wish ( o ) She hopes he comes/will come tomorrow. ( x ) She hopes him to come tomorrow. ( o ) She demands he (should) come tomorrow. ( o ) She demands him to come tomorrow. ( o ) She desires he (should) come tomorrow. ( o ) She desires him to come tomorrow. ( ? )...

??I want that you clean up your room this instant! It would not surprise me to learn that it was possible in some NAmE Englishes. Some Romance language speaking immigrants may speak it. Quote from Everything2 : The Subjunctive Mood of English After verbs which formerly...

Hello I'm interested in this thread because I myself didn't get the usage and grammar of "would rather". I think "would rather" constructs are really peculiar as an English sentence. Let me show some example sentences for the discussion sake. (1) I would rather be lucky in business (than in...

Hello guys I should like to know how you feel what expression is more polite and what is less. Are there any established general rules that determine degrees of politeness in English? What I vaguely feel to be as the tools/factors to increase the politeness are; (1) subjunctive mood/if...

1) Would you please help me finish these clauses ? a) If you were to give him a chance… b) If you were to fail … c) Would it be possible to use the indicative “If you ARE …” in the above clauses ? What difference would it make? JTT: It's theoretically possible but the more common...

Dear teachers, As usual, I'll ask many questions in one post but you can, of course, answer them at your convenience. 1) Would you please help me finish these clauses ? a) If you were to give him a chance… b) If you were to fail … c) Would it be possible to use the indicative “If...

Hi MrP and JTT 1) If I use the 3-d conditional instaed of 2-d (If Hiter were alive...). Is that possible? Doesn't that somewhat imply about his death in the past? JTT: I wonder why Mr P veered away from this issue. Of course, an "If Hitler were alive today ... " is possible, Maverick. We...

("would" does not form a subjunctive.) Thus, "She wouldn't let me do ..." is equivalent to "She refused to let me do ...". The Volkov: You confused me.. In *all class-books* the subjunctive mood means that speaker is considering an action as suppositional/possible/desirable... And would...

In English, uses of past subjunctive mood are restricted only to some special sub-clauses: , , , , . You don't need to use the subjunctive mood in even in the case the event stated in the clause is unreal. "I thought he was my friend, but I was wrong." paco

I thought that it was in the subjunctive because it contained a notion in the subordinate clause that was either false or at the very least subject to doubt. There were two things that led me to believe this. The first was numerous references similar to the following passage: "Webster's New...