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Mary Ansell has a chapter on the subjunctive mood at http://www.fortunecity.com/bally/durrus/153/gramch09.html. One of the complications in using the subjunctive is the fact that, besides hypothetical condition clauses, which require the subjunctive, there are factual condition clauses that do...

Hi everyone!! I've got a problem. My grammar book would say "They are looking at me as if I were mad". I know I could use like instead of as if in informal situations, and I could also use was instead of were (informal again), but I'm confused about present tense usage where you should...

The language of media is a bit different, both in vocabulary and grammar, than the normal writing. One of the differences is the tense, as you've mentioned. If the time of the event, state,... is past, the tense of the sentence is present; if it is past perfect, then the sentence is past; and...

Do I really come across in the Forum as being THAT old? And having so FEW grammar books?

Hi from Istanbul, Look at this question: "I ..there a long time watching the ship going further and further. a) stand b) am standing c) have been standing d) stood e) was standing I gave the answer "e" firstly,,,but The answer is "d" ,,and I thought it is ok, too. But how can I...

1. Brenda left. That's a simple past tense. If anything happened BEFORE that time, you would then use the past perfect. No need for it here. 2. You FOUND out. That already implies the past. Any action taking place BEFORE the time you found out will make use of the past perfect. In this...

Hi, I just joined and found this forum. I'm currently a senoir in high school and working on my college applications; I need tons of help with grammar. With that said, here's my question: My allergies have often times been so oppressive—I once used a teacher’s whole box of tissues—that I...

Hello Jussive 1. Yes, I'd call it a type 2. (Other types are also possible, e.g. "If only I had known!" – type 3.) Although it's true that the sentence "I wish she would contact me, I would be very happy" lacks a conjunction, I'm not sure we can infer that "If only she would contact me, I...

CalifJim wrote: I avoid answering ... You just did " src="../emoticons/emotion-2.gif"> Avoid or answer? I tried responding to the phrasal verb thread and got into some technical difficulties. For some reason, it wouldn't let me post. And then I just forgot about it and never tried again as I got...

Hi, For all of these, you need to use past tense. The 'finding' was in the past, in the present you are 'here'. Also, in grammar you don't find 'here', you find a place or 'your way' or 'where I live'. any other better suggestions. Was it hard for you to get here? Was it hard for you to...