In Conditionals^x, Subjunctives^x, Present perfect^x

Hi Bokeh, Becasue of your reply, it made me take a second look at the original question. I also did some research and found this paper written on the subject of Semantic Composition of Subjunctive Conditionals by Michela Ippolito of MIT/Tübingen University. I am not completely sure if I...

I think you can't understand causative form because have confuses you, right? I have had my car towed (causative form.Nothing wrong with this.First have belongs to causative form, second have shows that the sentence is present perfect)to the new apartment.(They have towed my car in front of...

Hi MrP and JTT 1) If I use the 3-d conditional instaed of 2-d (If Hiter were alive...). Is that possible? Doesn't that somewhat imply about his death in the past? JTT: I wonder why Mr P veered away from this issue. Of course, an "If Hitler were alive today ... " is possible, Maverick. We use...

1. I could have made half a grand if they had got it in stock. (Why do I need 'had had got'? #2 is correct?) ***** IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ ***** {JJT's responses marked off by ++ ... ++} ****** ++ Let's drop , Jack, as there are differences between the BrE and AmE/CdE that will needlessly...

Mr P: The distinction is clear, and has nothing to do with {teeth on edge} 'inclusiveness': Let us have no more touchy-feely grammar. JT: I allowed that it might, Mr P. I didn't state that it did. You may want to adress this issue with Casi. But before you do that, consider that grammatical...

Hi, Andrei A couple of things: Yor sentence is perfect. Mountain Hiker posted another possibility which is also correct: "Had my father been alive today, he would have been 88." You have to be careful with this sentence, though, because it is very formal and it would be used mainly in writing –a...