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Grammar Geek wrote:I'm just wondering about how all the girls with short feel about the turn this thread has taken. I guess they know now that they're not really sexy. The fundamental facts have been totally neglected in these heated discussions about "severe punishments" and subjunctives. No...

Taka wrote: Eight-year-old Jimmy comes to school and on his face is the clear mark of a hand. if real fear and harsh punishment were removed from child training, children would develop into better happier and kinder adults. About the part in red, is it the subjunctive mood, or the simple...

Goodman wrote: Yankee wrote:Did you read the rest of my post, MrC? I attempted to make it clear why YL's sentence works.The danger in stating absolute rules in prescriptive grammar is that doing so doesn't allow for legitimate exceptions.For example, many grammar books state that the word...

Yoong Liat wrote:Hi GoodmanYou wrote: subjunctive after wish. Yet another traditional rule requires you to use were rather than was in a contrary-to-fact statement that follows the verb wish: I wish I were (not was) lighter on my feet. Many writers continue to insist on this rule, but the...

Yankee wrote:Did you read the rest of my post, MrC? I attempted to make it clear why YL's sentence works.The danger in stating absolute rules in prescriptive grammar is that doing so doesn't allow for legitimate exceptions.For example, many grammar books state that the word 'would' may not be...

Hi GoodmanYou wrote: subjunctive after wish. Yet another traditional rule requires you to use were rather than was in a contrary-to-fact statement that follows the verb wish: I wish I were (not was) lighter on my feet. Many writers continue to insist on this rule, but the indicative was in such...

Hi GoodmanYou wrote: subjunctive after wish. Yet another traditional rule requires you to use were rather than was in a contrary-to-fact statement that follows the verb wish: I wish I were (not was) lighter on my feet. Many writers continue to insist on this rule, but the indicative was in such...

Yoong Liat wrote:Hi GoodmanYou wrote: Oh by the way, you still have not acknowledge whether you were talking about your examples in indicative or subjunctive mood.The problem doesn't lie in whether it is in indicative or subjunctive mood. The most important issue is whether the usage of 'was'...

Liat, I have been labeled and called by many descriptions, hinted being “Ignorant” is the first but consider the source, it doesn’t bother me a bit. It seemed to me with all the exchanges about “I wish I were” or in your case “was”, the word “subjunctive” was not mentioned at all, unless I...

Liat, here is your answer:English Grammar: Subjunctive (EnglishClub.com) (The were form is correct at all times.) Informal ... I wish it were longer. I wish it was longer.Hi GoodmanYou've chosen to ignore the part "I wish it was longer" stated by EnglishClub.com. and instead highlighted "I wish...