By Paragraphs, Subjunctives

Anonymous wrote: Hi, I usually edit some of the stuff my coworkers write around here, I believe I have good knowledge of what I'm doing but now I doubt it because of a document I'm reading right now... This is how it reads (in many paragraphs): "It is recommended that the agency review and...

Goodman wrote:My immediate reaction from reading the red part of the paragraph is "subjunctive". Aside from the context of the debated paragraph, consider the following: John has already spent 4 year in college and he is still struggling with is grades to graduate because he spends too much...

My immediate reaction from reading the red part of the paragraph is "subjunctive". Aside from the context of the debated paragraph, consider the following: John has already spent 4 year in college and he is still struggling with is grades to graduate because he spends too much time partying. I...

So I'm not quite sure how your comments about him represent a "challenge" to my view of him. And as I've already said, your "corrected" view of Richard III is itself quite conventional. Mr. Pedantic: I wasn't challenging your point of view about anyone. I haven't got the least idea about your...

1. Explain the functional and structural properties of "similarly" and state another connector functioning like "similarly" by using it in two sentences. 2. Write three example sentences in which subjunctive verbs are used as noun complements. 3. Rewite the reduced clauses below to correct the...

1. Explain the functional and structural properties of "similarly" and state another connector functioning like "similarly" by using it in two sentences. 2. Write three example sentences in which subjunctive verbs are used as noun complements. 3. Rewite the reduced clauses below to correct the...

Anonymous wrote:Here is a paragraph - the question is about the use of the word "were" in the sentence "But what if trolls were real?" Is "were" correct, or should it be: "But what if trolls are real?"Trolls are fascinating creatures, figuring in fairy tales for hundreds of years. Descriptions...

Here is a paragraph - the question is about the use of the word "were" in the sentence "But what if trolls were real?" Is "were" correct, or should it be: "But what if trolls are real?" Trolls are fascinating creatures, figuring in fairy tales for hundreds of years. Descriptions of them...

Hi Sextus, "A Pyrrhonist’s adoption of a philanthropic outlook seems to be accidental, since it appears to be solely the consequence of his living in a given society and of his belonging to a certain medical and philosophical milieu. If a Pyrrhonist happened to grow up philanthropy as a naïve...

"A Pyrrhonist’s adoption of a philanthropic outlook seems to be accidental, since it appears to be solely the consequence of his living in a given society and of his belonging to a certain medical and philosophical milieu. If a Pyrrhonist happened to grow up philanthropy as a naïve and...