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Tense usage and subjunctive with "to remember"

I'm not sure if there is any prescriptive rule to what I read in a statement as follows: ...after all these years, I asked him if he remembered who I was. The sentence sounded okay to me, but I was also confused as to whether the subjunctive should be at play here and if the past tense of...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by N5pn4cya 335 days ago Verbs Tenses Clauses Subjunctives Whom Past tenses Sample

Yoong Liat wrote:Hi GoodmanYou wrote: I have been labeled and called by many descriptions, hinted being “Ignorant” is the first ... I'm not hinting that you're ignorant. I say that if a learner tells me "informal" means "wrong", I'll understand that he says so because he is ignorant. But you...

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Re: wish clauses

Goodman wrote: Yoong Liat wrote: Goodman wrote: Hi Guys, It’s raining buckets and you have a BBQ planned in your back yard. You’d say “I wish It weren’t raining…” This is subjunctive, not indicative; so “was” is incorrect although it’s frequently misused I wish it weren’t raining.I wish it...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Yoong Liat 338 days ago Grammar Verbs Tenses Subjunctives Past tenses Past simple English grammar
Re: wish clauses

Yoong Liat wrote: Goodman wrote: Hi Guys, It’s raining buckets and you have a BBQ planned in your back yard. You’d say “I wish It weren’t raining…” This is subjunctive, not indicative; so “was” is incorrect although it’s frequently misused I wish it weren’t raining.I wish it wasn’t...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Goodman 338 days ago Grammar Verbs Tenses Subjunctives Past tenses Past simple English grammar
Re: is 'if' omitted here?

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...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by SimpleHearted 345 days ago Tenses Clauses Negatives Simple past Subjunctives Past tenses Conditionals
Re: subjunctives (sequence of moods)

Marius Hancu wrote: SJ88 wrote:Marius Hancu, One more thing. Since you said that it isnt necessary to double "were", then shouldnt it read, " If i were to say that i am wrong"? Both am/was work, depending on the time of being wrong. I'd agree with Marius: since it's Subjunctive, even though...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Anonymous 360 days ago Tenses Clauses Subjunctives Past tenses
Re: subjunctives (sequence of moods)

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

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Marius Hancu 360 days ago Tenses Simple past Subjunctives Past tenses
Re: subjunctives (sequence of moods)

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

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Bokeh 361 days ago Tenses Simple past Subjunctives Past tenses
Re: what kind of a grammar subject is this?

Hi,it's commonly used that way. In Italian it would be translated into a subjunctive, so it makes sense to me to use a past tense there. It's just that this doesn't happen very often in English. I think the structure follows the same pattern as "I wish". You use a past tense after "wish" too:It's...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Kooyeen 1 yr 8 days ago Grammar Tenses Subjunctives Past tenses
Re: conditional 2

Anonymous wrote: Hi, I think a typical type 2 conditional would look like this: A person's life would be more fruitful if he spent more time reflecting on things that are happening around him. Can this be correct too? A person's life would be more fruitful if he spends more time reflecting...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Philip 1 yr 23 days ago Tenses Clauses Subjunctives Past tenses Conditionals

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Tense usage and subjunctive with "to remember"

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