In Subjunctives^x, Expressions^x

Bubu, You said: "For example it is possible to say 'i think It's my duty to advice him to look up words in a dictionary. I have done my duty and i have adviced him. Now it's up to him. If he look up, he look up if he don't, he don't.'" Then, in your next post, you mentioned the subjunctive...

It's in the subjunctive mood. "God save the Queen" really means "May God save the Queen" (i.e. the expression of a fervent wish). Cheers John.

According to Leech & Svartvik's "A Communicative Grammar of English", the subjunctive applies to: Congress has voted/decided/decreed/insisted that the present law continue to ooperate. This particular type of subjunctive is called "mandative", and it's common to have only one verb form, the...

as if i were... as mentioned in another post, this is the final remnant of the past subjunctive in english. common vernacular usage of "as if i was" shows that this last vestige might also be on its way out of the english language... (subjunctive is used here because the expression "as if"...