By Subjunctives

my own when you would have starved (if you had had your own way). Again you have a verb (deny) that triggers the subjunctive mood. CJ

Are you sure?Then In this extract. but means merely:"You cannot deny but that by the hazard of my life many a time I have saved yours, when (might your owne wills have prevailed) you would have starved"?

That is, but can be left out. In fact, in modern English it is left out, and the verb is in the indicative. In older English it is associated with the subjunctive mood (Note were lame.).Older English: ... would not deny but that the key were lost.Modern English: ... would not deny that the...

I think I’d ideally use the subjunctive with "would" and the present tense with "will": She said she’d call me if she decided to come.She said she’ll call me if she decides to come. However, in practice I might deviate from this ideal from time to time!

((()))) My suggestion is that this is a remnant of the subjunctive, not used too much in English any longer. Other similar situations: I suggest that he take his medicine on an empty stomach with a full glass of water. We insisted that she arrive early, so she wouldn't be late.Then I am...

No more bumping necessary. And, of course, bumping is never really necessary, because it never takes too long for someone with an answer to see your post. It just depends on what time of day or night you post. My suggestion is that this is a remnant of the subjunctive, not used too much in...

1. If I was baptized the right way, God would be gracious. -- I think this shoud be the subjunctive because I sense unreality (or hypotherical) in the sentence, thus shoud be: If I were baptized ... [Yes but only if the context is present time. In this case, was is the informal version, were...

Hi,1.How are they different? I think the first one is mixed conditional and the second one is a third conditional sentence. Both seem to contain the notion of unreality (hypothetical?) to the unlikely past actions 1.I were rich, I would have bought the house when it was on sale.2. If I had been...

I am not the world's greatest expert on the technical analysis of conditional statements, but FWIW here are my thoughts. "Were" here is not the past tense, if that's what your message title is referring to. It's a subjunctive. 1) ... are you planning to go to *** Museum...

Copying myself from another thread: Yes, you can look at it that way and that's a nice justification. CJ's example: Mozart died before he had completed the Requiem Mass. can be read as: Mozart died before THE HYPOTHETICAL ACTION IN WHICH he would have completed the...