Sorry people, yet another question! Please consider this: I think in general here you are dealing with eliptical constructions. That is, you are leaving words out to avoid being tedious with the obvious. Filling in the missing words, If it were

In Bryan A. Garner's "Dictionary of Modern American Usage", the set phrase "suffice it to say" is explained to be the subjunctive form of the indicative "it suffices to say". The article on the subjunctive mood in

From the book, I learned that there are 5 If ... Then patterns. 1. If present, then present 2. If present, then can/may 3. If present, then future 4. If hypothetical subjunctive, then conditional If pete ATE pizza tomorrow, THEN he WOULD

Thank you very much! so that could in the main clause is absolutely, definitely not a subjunctive. The sentence is correct, but could have lent is not a subjuntive. Could in the main clause is probably a conditional mood, isn't it? could

Many thanks! could is not normally used as a subjunctive though it sometimes occurs in a subjunctive context. But the following sentence is grammatically correct, isn't it? Не could have lent you the book last week if you had called for

Is this sentence grammatically correct? Не would have lent you the book last week if you could have called for it . Is "if you could have called" a subjunctive form? Thank you!

Well, Anton, you do ask some challenging questions! As for your examples, I got a question only about this one: «Karen talks as if she knows what she's talking about.» Am I right that the difference between this and the subjunctive version

Welcome to Englishforums! Example 1.The first one is fine, it's a future conditonal. The second should be changed: If I sent..., how long would....This is a hypothetical conditional, so it uses the subjunctive mood. Example 2: The

Hi. All your sentences are subjunctive mood. She requested Frank (should) come to the party. he teacher insists that her students ( should ) be on time. No, we don't use "to" in such constructions. Pay attention that present

Hi Penstaar, and welcome to the forum. 1) Your student is trying to master the subjunctive mood. It is more common grammatical construction in other languages. It is used for a subjective situation with a false hypothesis: The conditional follows.