In Prepositions^x, Subjunctives^x, Tenses^x

<I would be interested to see quotations from the early English grammarians that presented spoken English as somehow inferior, or that demonstrated an imposition of inappropriate rules from Latin. > Do you doubt that was the case? If so, I guess you disagree with this: "If they have...

Hello Maverick I was thinking of a scenario like this: Two police officers: 'I checked out MrP's story. He said he was at CalifJim's last night, between 6 o'clock and midnight, and couldn't possibly have stolen all those prepositions. But CalifJim swears MrP left shortly after 9 o'clock. And...

You are welcome, Pastel. I think you got the meaning of my post, yes. But there's a strange mix of grammatical terminology in your post! (Have I mentioned lately that you sometimes drive me crazy? ~L~) Let's take the sentence "If he ate more, he would gain weight." We agree that it is a...