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http://www.englishforums.com/English/Pleased/hvdv/Post.htm http://www.englishforums.com/English/Subjunctive/gmkc/Post.htm In 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...

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...

Hello This is a garbage-like posting written by a poor English learner who has been and still now is agonized by subjunctive things which supposedly underlie English collocations. My way of understanding English grammar The English language uses two moods (indicative/subjunctive) and...

Previous threads have shown that different people hear conditional and modal verbs slightly differently. I'm happy to stand by this. I would add: Previous threads have shown that different people see conditional and modal verbs slightly differently. And also: Previous threads have...