I just wanted to keep the two parts before and after the comma as similar as possible. I probably should've used Alice and Bob, but I didn't think of that when posting. (1) Alice is rich, and Bob wishes he were rich. (2) Alice was

You have confused me thoroughly with your two 'he's'. What is the point of causing purposeful confusion?

I'm still somewhat confused regarding the subjunctive mood. Suppose we are talking about two different people, two "hes", is this correct? (1) He is rich, and he wishes he were rich. (2) He was rich, and he wishes he

They are verbs that refer to no particular time and have no person or number (I, they, etc) or mood (subjunctive, imperative, etc). The nonfinite verbs are the -ed (except past tense) and -ing verbs and the infinitive.

Hmm yeah, that's probably not it then. (I'm just guessing as an exercise; I don't see anything wrong.) Could it be: - Activities that ... - ... you thought to be ... - an issue with parallelism for the first

Notice that MrM corrected the term "mood" to "voice" in his answer. The voices we have are the active and the passive. The moods that we have are the indicative, the subjunctive and the imperative.

she have a problem with her family is correct. it presupposes that she is having a problem with her family I disagree with you, Anon. I presume you are referring to the present subjunctive form of have. The use of the present subjunctive is fairly

According to the "experts" whom I follow, both are "correct." Both are perfect examples of the hypothetical conditional using the famous (terrifying?) subjunctive. The book does NOT have endless pages, because it does NOT

Hi, is it true that some certain verbs should always be followed by "should"? If so, how many on the list? No.

to advise to ask to command to demand to desire to insist to propose to recommend to request to suggest to urge Hi, is it true that some certain verbs should always be followed by "should"? If so, how many on the list? Thank you