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Re: Archaic Past Conditional?

Many thanks for the response, but I'm not sure how it can be correct - and this is almost entirely my fault for not setting out an example well enough. In the coffin quotation, I believe that it can't simply be a subjunctive mood form because, by inserting 'we thought' into it,...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by badegine 198 days ago Tenses Present tenses Subjunctives Conditionals
Re: subjunctive-contextually clear?

You be here at 9 tomorrow to work on what is left.This is a form of the imperative mood-- a command.Yes, needed is in the past, and I believe that is how I edited your sentence in my previous post:2. He warned that his friend needed to get away from the flammable substance.He warned that the toy...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Mister Micawber 290 days ago Tenses Present tenses Subjunctives Conditionals

Yoong Liat wrote:Hi GoodmanYou wrote: I have been labeled and called by many descriptions, hinted being “Ignorant” is the first ... I'm not hinting that you're ignorant. I say that if a learner tells me "informal" means "wrong", I'll understand that he says so because he is ignorant. But you...

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Re: Conditional dilemma

Believer wrote:Side question: A lot of dictionaries seem to indicate that the word 'subjunctive' is usually precede with the article 'the', but lately I seem to see cases where it is made plural or it with 'a' in front of it (like 'a subjunctive'). Are they correct? are ...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Cool Breeze 1 yr 137 days ago Articles Plurals Tenses Present tenses Subjunctives Past tenses Definite articles Conditionals Paragraphs
Subjunctive Confusion

http://www.englishforums.com/English/Pleased/hvdv/Post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Subjunctive/gmkc/Post.htmIn both of the above posts, miriam has explained the subjunctive in detail but it's all quite confusing to me. I've studied subjuctive from American Heritage and Columbian Guide...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Grammarian-bot 2 yr 71 days ago Verbs Tenses Clauses Present tenses Modals Subjunctives Past tenses Conditionals Modal verbs
Re: if clause in an apodosis

Hi CJThank you for the quick reply. For what reason do you choose "had been"? When I read "if the chance had been small", I tend to take it as a subjunctive for an unreal past state, i.e. third conditional. If it is so, "if the chance had been small" would imply the speaker knows that "the...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by paco2004 2 yr 311 days ago Tenses Clauses Present tenses Subjunctives Past tenses Conditionals
Re: Would

When we talk about a subjunctive construction, I think it is easier to understand it without the 'inserted clause, I would think' becasue that way one can clearly see the cause-and-effect relationship beteween the conditional clause and the main clasue. 1. If someone tells you that you may...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Pinenut 3 yr 23 days ago Simple present Grammar Verbs Constructions Tenses Clauses Present continuous Present tenses Modals Subjunctives Conditionals English grammar Modal verbs
Re: Would rather

Hello Paco I would take 'I would' as 'I was wanting', where the past tense denotes not literal past-ness, but a conditional-style 'impression of remoteness', e.g. a wishful not-happening-ness: 1) I would rather be lucky in business (than in love). = 'Rather, I was wanting / to be lucky in...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by MrPedantic 3 yr 225 days ago Tenses Present tenses Past perfect Subjunctives Past tenses Conditionals
Re: Conditional sentense in a past tense with generalized subject

Hello Paco, first I think Jim mentioned that part because I sometimes write back saying 'il mio maestro' - actually am not an italian though, I very much like the sound of it. I did studied. I am now rather embarrased with the fact that I gave him my profile incorrectly by saying something in...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by souroin 3 yr 241 days ago Regards Tenses Present tenses Subjunctives Past tenses Conditionals Translation
Re: Conditional

I would choose 'was' – the subjunctive + conditional (type 2) structure has such a strong sense of unreality, that 'is' would jar; whereas 'was' is happily unreal. So you are saying 'was' is not past tense? It is a conditional? What about these? Should I use 'was' or 'is' ? 1. If that were...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by jack112 3 yr 247 days ago Tenses Present tenses Subjunctives Past tenses Conditionals

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