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While there's no replies... I think they are both possible and, independent of which verb you use (suppose/imagine), Present Simple and subjunctive versions have different degrees of probability. Completely improbable situations require the subjunctive: Suppose/Imagine you were a woman. If you...

Goodman wrote: Yoong Liat wrote: Goodman wrote: Hi Guys, It’s raining buckets and you have a BBQ planned in your back yard. You’d say “I wish It weren’t raining…” This is subjunctive, not indicative; so “was” is incorrect although it’s frequently misused I wish it weren’t raining.I wish it...

Yoong Liat wrote: Goodman wrote: Hi Guys, It’s raining buckets and you have a BBQ planned in your back yard. You’d say “I wish It weren’t raining…” This is subjunctive, not indicative; so “was” is incorrect although it’s frequently misused I wish it weren’t raining.I wish it wasn’t...

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...

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. ...

Ant_222 wrote:SimCity (original 1989 version) : Citizens demand that roads be built. Full version: «... that roads _should_ be built.» Same to your sentence: «... that he should save the Jewish people». So, think of it as omission of "should".I disagree. Certainly Ant_222's take on the...

Hi BelieverCurme means that the word tomorrow is enough to tell anyone with some common sense the fact that was can't be an indicative (= express a real situation). If a person says I wish it was tomorrow!, the current day can't be tomorrow. If it were, there would be no need to wish for it to be...

Believer wrote: 1.If I worked more diligently, I would buy more bacon. 2. If I had money, I would buy a Lexus. 3. If I had been talking with him at the meeting, I would have recognized that he is my cousin. 4. If I had won the match, I would have become famous. Would you say all the above...

Well if you are stating your answer just on the basis of the use of are in the first sentence then I think you should reconsider your answer since this sentence (is/has been) structured by me. (Which one is correct: "is" or "has been"? I have heard that since is always accompanied by present...

Can you give me some examples of the present subjunctive in regular verbs, other than 'be' verbs? Can you also give me some examples of the past subjunctive in regular verbs, other than 'be' verbs?As already explained above, other than be, the only forms that show the subjunctive are the third...