What is the best way to identify subjunctives? It may be better just to ignore them! English has so few forms that are obviously subjunctive that it's not often you'll see them. Most subjunctive forms are the same as non-subjunctive forms,

With , it looks to non-native speakers who are still struggling with this particular aspect of English as though we can discuss it now That's understandable, because it can be confusing. The key here is that modal verbs like can and may and

...........as I am....."My brother" is the subject in a sentence in which the verb is "is." The end of the sentence "as....I(am)." -- If you google the verb to be, you will get much advice; hopefully some of it will

Dear friends, My name is Khadim Hussain. I am new to Englishforums. I want to know the exact numbers of Modal verbs in English Language.

The version of English I'm used to does not permit this. I'm from California. I think that in our dialect, the only time you can make a contraction using "have" is when "have" is used as a helping verb. For example,

Yet if she could have seen me there, she would have been a little puzzled. What verb form is "could have seen" in this sentence? Personally, I would just call it a "modal perfect" (with could ). I use that term for any modal

Thank you! Please answer one more question: I have found the following sentence in an English grammar textbook. Yet if she could have seen me there, she would have been a little puzzled. What verb form is "could have seen" in this

dear friends I translated these cv's to English but I am not sure of those in terms of grammer mistakes, usage of "articles" etc. plese check over those for me. My best wishes and thanks in advance for those who spare

It seems you model the abilities and needs of all ESL students on yourself. That's what you are doing too, except it's never clear what the foudation of your reasoning is, and often also what the actual reasoning is. It seems successful

Hi! I've noticed that in the infinitive form of verbs usually f, l, k (in ck ) , s, z are doubled in the end. I don't mean doubling when you add -ing or -ed . Why other consonant letters( b,d,g,n,m,p,r,t,v ) are not doubled (except add,