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Hi, 1. Let us say this was in quotation marks. How would you validate the use of the underlined tense? The people who built houses; their walls have crumbled, as if they had never been ! 2. TWO more questions: Does 'as if' in normal sentential situations mean the same as 'if',...

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...

Interlude 1 Apparently, speaker-oriented modality does not inform about conditions on the agent. So, if you feel that "I must give up smoking" is deontic, and that "I" is the agent, who would the patient be in such a sentence? You've already agreed with this paraphrase: ...

1. 2003 - GWB: The Iraqis are going to hold elections in Iraq in January 2005. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr P: In #1, GWB situates the intention in the present. JTT: No it doesn't Mr P. GWB's speech clearly situates the...