By Subjunctives, Accents

There's some truth in that article. My parents, for instance, used to speak in Sardinian (not a dialect, but recognised as an endangered language by the UNESCO) when talking to each other or to their relatives, but they would only speak Italian with my brother and me. I grew up monolingual,...

Oh my, I'm so surprised! I would never have thought you said it yourself! By the way, you said "If I'd have known", and not "If I'd known" (which can't mean "If I would have known", because you would be leaving out a syllable...).Anyway, I'll tell...

1. OK Means: Dream/hope the best happens, but don't be disappointed by realities. 2. No, it's OK (but I don't think the phrase is complete after really ...) Study your subjunctives (required after whether in some circumstances be is a subjunctive here, perhaps equivalent to whether it...

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

Hi, Miriam! Thanks so much for your reply. Of course I'm still interested! 1. Sometimes when examples are given, certain forms begin to sound more acceptable. Strangely enough, only your example with "wish" still seems weird to me! The other two don't really sound that formal to me. I can...