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Re: I wish I was/were there

I'm afraid those numbers are a little misleading, Anon. If you go to the last returnable page for "If I were", you'll see this message:In order to show you the most relevant results, we have omitted some entries very similar to the 955 already displayed.Similarly, for "if I...

ESL Linguistics Discussion Forum by MrPedantic 64 days ago Subjunctives Numbers
number agreement of verbs

Hi, I just got in trouble (again.) In exclamations and imperatives, is the reason for the wierd agreement situation that they are considered subjunctive, or that the verb (in the following sentence) is actually "hear," and "bark" is not really a verb? Hear the dog bark! ...

ESL Basic English Grammar Questions and Help by Avangi 113 days ago Verbs Numbers Subjunctives
Re: Please check the sentences for grammar mistakes if any

I guess poetic license covers everything but number agreement. I think your last two lines are subjunctive, and we would say, "Let their heart(s) sparkle with pride / Let your heart(s) speak to them (Declarative is, of course, "Their heart sparkles / Their hearts...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Avangi 113 days ago Grammar Numbers Subjunctives
Re: subjunctive and 2nd conditional

, (then) ... would have ... UNREAL, COUNTERFACTUAL *The past is sometimes called the past subjunctive in this position. Only the verb to be has a special form (were in all persons and numbers) in this position.Other combinations of tenses in these kinds of if patterns have no...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by CalifJim 116 days ago Verbs Tenses Clauses Numbers Past perfect Subjunctives Conditionals Mixed conditionals
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 those...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Kooyeen 133 days ago Constructions Tenses Numbers Subjunctives Past tenses
Re: Russia

Do you know his telephone number?Instead of saying 'I am sorry I don't know' we could say ' I wish I knew'.I just want to know the sentence 'I wish I knew' is subjunctive.Please tell me. It can't be hypothetical. I don't have license to drive lorries and buses....

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Rotter 133 days ago Numbers Subjunctives
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 256 days ago Verbs Tenses Numbers Past perfect Simple past Subjunctives Past tenses Conditionals

Yoong Liat wrote:Hi GoodmanYou wrote: I have been labeled and called by many descriptions, hinted being “Ignorant” is the first ... I'm not hinting that you're ignorant. I say that if a learner tells me "informal" means "wrong", I'll understand that he says so because he is ignorant. But you...

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Re: we shall vs we will

SHALL AND WILL IT is unfortunate that the idiomatic use, while it comes by nature to southern Englishmen (who will find most of this section superfluous), is so complicated that those who are not to the manner born can hardly acquire it; and for them the section is in danger of being...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Bokeh 281 days ago Regards Verbs Conversations Abbreviations Possessives Dates Tenses Clauses Numbers Auxiliaries Gerunds Expressions Subjunctives Whom
Re: Subjunctive?

CalifJim wrote: In the specific case at hand, the rough conclusion is that "as if he were" and "as though he were" constructions outnumber the corresponding patterns with "was" two to one. Uh-oh! No! I'm afraid there's no conclusion at all, not even a rough one... Bokeh wrote:How much weight...

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number agreement of verbs

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