By Literature, Subjunctives

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. ...

---------- After a past indicative tense form the distinction of meaning between present and past tense forms usually disappears entirely: She desired that he might come at once. We demanded that the burden should be removed. In recent literature and present colloquial usage,...

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...

Marius Hancu wrote:Incho:You're the only one in this thread supporting your point of view. You've been told the truth by others (not me), including educated native speakers. If you don't believe them, find some examples of real speech in educated literature or sites which shore up your point,...

"Q: When native speakers of English teach English, they naturally do it based on their own cultures. Why is this a problem? A: When you teach a language, you teach the principles, the mind-set, ideology and philosophy, everything that goes with the culture of the people of that language. I think...

This is not strictly what you are asking, Taka, but there would not be much question about the present tense here: (which is the way I would want to see it written in the first place) No one would say of a work of music or literature that it is better than an earlier work just because it is...

Hello Taka I would parse the emboldenings as follows: If I said¹ I was² madly in love with you, you would think I was² lying...No one would say of a work of music or literature that it was² better than an earlier work just because it was² later...A recent work by L. Berino is not, because of...

Example: If I said I was madly in love with you, you would think I was lying. Subjunctive. Not about the past. And now the question. There is a striking contrast here between the development of modern science and the arts. No one would say of a work of music or literature that it was...

Overview: outsiders seeks help of linguistspart one: the set uppart two: the questions I. I am a graduate student in philosophy investigating what we call "epistemic possibility". Sentence express this modality when they assert that something is possible relative to some epistemic category...