In Conditionals^x, Subjunctives^x, Prepositions^x

Hello Maverick I was thinking of a scenario like this: Two police officers: 'I checked out MrP's story. He said he was at CalifJim's last night, between 6 o'clock and midnight, and couldn't possibly have stolen all those prepositions. But CalifJim swears MrP left shortly after 9 o'clock. And...

Hi Happy, This area is a very contentious one, so it is not surprising that you find different pronouncements within and between grammar books. Here is my opinion on the examples you present: (1) 'Who did it ?' Not I.' The pronoun stands in parallel to the subject 'who', and is a shortened...

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...