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Re: Tense usage and subjunctive with "to remember"

N5pn4cya wrote:Please help clarify. Also, which one(s) of the following is/are correct: 1- I wonder if he remembers me. vs. I wonder if he remember me. (Should here be a subjunctive?) I'd say no. The sentence isn't conditional. It basically means "I want to know whether or not he...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Yankee 326 days ago Verbs Tenses Clauses Subjunctives Whom Conditionals
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 326 days ago Verbs Tenses Clauses Subjunctives Whom Past tenses Sample
Re: wish clauses

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'...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Goodman 326 days ago Grammar Verbs Clauses Subjunctives
Re: we shall vs we will

SHALL AND WILL IT is unfortunate that the idiomatic use, while it comes by nature to southern Englishmen (who will find most of this section superfluous), is so complicated that those who are not to the manner born can hardly acquire it; and for them the section is in danger of being...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Bokeh 333 days ago Regards Verbs Conversations Abbreviations Possessives Dates Tenses Clauses Numbers Auxiliaries Gerunds Expressions Subjunctives Whom
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 336 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 351 days ago Tenses Clauses Subjunctives Past tenses
Re: subjunctives (sequence of moods)

Marius Hancu wrote:You may want to see this in another forum: http://thegrammarexchange.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/340600179/m/4981044844I've followed that link and it doesn't seem to contain any arguments or exploration from either point of view.Marius, the problem for me is the...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Bokeh 351 days ago Constructions Clauses Subjunctives
My interview experience.

I belong to a country where English is used as a second language, so it is not my first language. A few days ago I appeared in an interview for the post of English Teacher. I want to share a few points of that interview for your worthy comments. I use A for interviewer and B for myself. ...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Bird Of Paradise 354 days ago Grammar Verbs Tenses Clauses Adverbs Auxiliaries Literature Subjunctives English grammar Interviews
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 14 days ago Tenses Clauses Subjunctives Past tenses Conditionals

Belly wrote:What's the best of three? It's urgent that she phones the police It's urgent that she phone the police It's urgent that she should phone the police ? Hi BellyThey are all equally good. By using the indicative (phones) you take a detached view of the matter. Both should and the...

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Re: Tense usage and subjunctive with "to remember"

Tense usage and subjunctive with "to remember"

Re: wish clauses

Re: we shall vs we will

Re: is 'if' omitted here?

Re: subjunctives (sequence of moods)

Re: subjunctives (sequence of moods)

My interview experience.

Re: conditional 2

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