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Re: Russia

Hi, I call it subjunctive, which is pretty much what I call everything that seems to be a past tense but doesn't refer to the past. I wish I knew his number (...but I don't know). I wish I could drive (...but I can't). That's why I said there's something hypothetical in...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Kooyeen 280 days ago Constructions, Tenses, Numbers, Subjunctives, Past Tenses
Re: would have +past participle if +past perfect/simple past(?)

This situation is a little different than your type III conditional formula is intended for. The speaker is not in Ian's position, so the phrase is a "condition contrary to fact". In that situation a formal speaker or writer would use the subjunctive mood of the verb rather than indicative or...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Spides 1 yr 38 days ago Verbs, Tenses, Numbers, Past Perfect, Simple Past, Subjunctives, Past Tenses, Conditionals

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Re: like I'm mad...(why not were/was mad?)

Mary Ansell has a chapter on the subjunctive mood at http://www.fortunecity.com/bally/durrus/153/gramch09.html. One of the complications in using the subjunctive is the fact that, besides hypothetical condition clauses, which require the subjunctive, there are factual condition clauses that do...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by rvw 2 yr 341 days ago Grammar, Verbs, Tenses, Clauses, Nouns, Numbers, Auxiliaries, Present Tenses, Expressions, Subjunctives, Past Tenses
Re: A couple of questions about the subjunctive and hypotheticals

Thanks for your reply, MrP. 1. I would call it an exclamatory conditional. The main clause is left unspoken, but we can usually infer it, e.g. "if only she would contact me, I would be very happy". Ok, it’s a conditional with an unexpressed result but still a ‘conditional’ right? In...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Jussive 3 yr 14 days ago Verbs, Difference Between, Constructions, Tenses, Clauses, Numbers, Modals, Expressions, Subjunctives, Past Tenses, Conditionals, Mixed Conditionals
Re: albeit

OED explains 'albeit' like this. albeit, conj. The sun, albeit from a lowly altitude, shone out in full brightness. paco

ESL General English Grammar Questions by paco2004 3 yr 108 days ago Verbs, Tenses, Clauses, Numbers, Subjunctives, Past Tenses, Accents
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1) The sentence, "What kind of world would exist today if the attempts to make antibiotics had not succeded?" uses the past perfect tense; i.e., "...attempts had suceeded." The past perfect indicates actions completed by a specific time in the past. The time of the successful creation of...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by ed shaw 4 yr 183 days ago Verbs, Constructions, Tenses, Clauses, Numbers, Past Perfect, Subjunctives, Past Tenses

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