By Adverbs, Subjunctives

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...

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. ...

1. Please tell me how can a person make the right decision when confronted those ajectives with a plural 's' ending? do phonics teaching obtained a first-class honors degree -- For this, I think it need (subjunctive OK since the context allude to the notion that this is sort of a recommendation...

Hela, Yes. The constuction is "... prefer(s) that he stay". My dictionary lists "rather" as only an adverb, no other part of speech. Nevertheless, it does no harm to understanding, and may actually help, if you consider 'd rather as an idiom acting as a verb. Analyzing it strictly as an...

I see what you mean Jim. And so you would also use the subjunctive after "prefer" in such a construction : "I prefer THAT he STAY" Is "rather" an adverb in cases 1 and 2 ? 1) I'd rather be alone = I would be alone, preferably. (?) 2) I'd rather you stayed here = (adverb ?) = I would prefer you...

So! My question is this: is "it better be good" grammatically incorrect (I don't see how...)? Or are both of them correct but have different meanings? My theory is that both of them are correct but "it better be good" is a command where as "it'd better be good" carries a subjunctive mood... And...

The " 'd" sound is pretty stealthy and just a few minutes ago I have been picked on typing "it better be good". So! My question is this: is "it better be good" grammatically incorrect (I don't see how...)? Or are both of them correct but have different meanings? My theory is that both of them...

But why did you include "probably will" in the list, and not, for example, "usually can", or "certainly should"? How did adverbs get drawn into the discussion? You made it sound as if you had some point to make about "will" carrying a separate meaning from "probably will", which, while not...

I need to know if the subjunctive ‘though’ creates a dependant clause. Is the clause, “Though the car always starts for her,” a sentence or is it a fragment? In other words, which of the following are correct? a. Most people consider Jill’s car unreliable. Though the car always starts for...

You are welcome, Pastel. I think you got the meaning of my post, yes. But there's a strange mix of grammatical terminology in your post! (Have I mentioned lately that you sometimes drive me crazy? ~L~) Let's take the sentence "If he ate more, he would gain weight." We agree that it is a...