By Subjunctives

Use "is" if you think there really is a way, but you just don't know how to do it. "Is" is not contrary to fact. Use "were" if you think there really is NOT a way to do this, and you know it to be contrary to fact. This is the subjunctive. Technically, you...

Some another issues to discuss I saw your old friend, him whom you pointed out at the last meeting Him whom >> whom Objective pronoun is redundand, we need only relative pronou I really don´t know if there is a mistake in this sentenceShe flouts her mink coat whenever she goes with us so...

Thanks for the quick answers.I guess sometimes you just have to rely on your ear. See, the reason I posted this in the first place was that I heard this sentence sung in a new song by Danish band Veto. Being perhaps too reliant on authority (in this case whoever proofread their lyrics, or the...

I might go: this is subjunctive mood (not plain subjunctive), you have a doubt thereI was before: no doubts, no imagination, no possibility, thus indicative I take the subjunctive mood as defined in George Curme and at Wikipedia (which I strongly recommend to you)...

Hey guysFirst time poster here. Be gentle.I was looking to get an answer to whether the following sentence invokes the subjunctive mood or not:"There's a chance that I might go back to where I was/were before"To me, the use of a 'possible future' should make the verb...

Hello everybody. I have two questions. 1. Even if I were booted into the street tomorrow.. Even if I am booted into the street tomorrow........... I know the first one is subjunctive and I understand it, but is the second more probable, because of "I am" than the first one? ...

B: If I had listened to you, I would be rich now.Only this is correct in the context, as you must establish precedence with the past-perfect-like form of the subjunctive mood If I had listened, to show it was before the lottery

I think you have encountered a grammar "expert" who has very strong opinions about correct usage and little understanding of anything or anyone who disagrees with him. I once met a British teacher of English, an Oxford University graduate, who thought this is the only way to do it...

Ok! Here is a point to think about. When the speker says "it's time that we learned English." it means 'we' does not study English at the momonet. But the speaker of the sentence thinks that 'we' have to study right not. So, the speaker uses 'past subjucntive...

Hi Sharon, Look up the subjunctive - it's a situation contrary to reality. You would use "If I were" in that situation.