In Present perfect^x, Subjunctives^x, Clauses^x

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...

Do you agree that the subjunctive mood is only used in the following ways? A. Present subjunctive. -1. All verb forms are the same as for the present tense except in the third person singular. There, use the infinitive (without to). -I/you/we/they launch the shuttle. (present indicative) -He...

Hi MrP and JTT 1) If I use the 3-d conditional instaed of 2-d (If Hiter were alive...). Is that possible? Doesn't that somewhat imply about his death in the past? JTT: I wonder why Mr P veered away from this issue. Of course, an "If Hitler were alive today ... " is possible, Maverick. We use...

Hello Maverick When we use this kind of as-if, the if-clause is subjunctive: 1. 'I feel as if I were floating into space.' The indicative use is the one I've called 'type 1', in the as-if thread in the Linguistics section. The subjunctive use is the one I've called 'type 2'. The indicative...

You're welcome, Mav! It occurs to me that there's another possible sentence for the husband here: 'You were looking at me as if I'd said something stupid!' I would agree with the implications of Paco's earlier comment about 'pedagogic' contexts, by the way. Situations where you could use...

Mr P: The distinction is clear, and has nothing to do with {teeth on edge} 'inclusiveness': Let us have no more touchy-feely grammar. JT: I allowed that it might, Mr P. I didn't state that it did. You may want to adress this issue with Casi. But before you do that, consider that grammatical...