Hi There's no need for confusion. It's very simple. Normally we say: I was you were he/she/it was we were you were they were But Beyonce sings ' if I were a boy...'. --> What she sings is also correct. If I were president,

In Bryan A. Garner's "Dictionary of Modern American Usage", the set phrase "suffice it to say" is explained to be the subjunctive form of the indicative "it suffices to say". The article on the subjunctive mood in

I profess that I am a thief. Okay, but "confess" would be more common. To acknowledge I profess like a father. My American Heritage gives this meaning (intransitive), but I've never heard it. There are common religious meanings,

Only the first is acceptable to my ear. (AmE) I don't interpret "The only pity is that" as a case that requires the subjunctive. The version of this that can take the subjunctive is as follows. It is a pity that I should have missed

The subjunctive is apparently still used a bit more often in American English than it is in British English. The most likely time you will see it used is after certain verbs in a that-clause -- though the word "that" is sometimes

Well, Anton, you do ask some challenging questions! As for your examples, I got a question only about this one: «Karen talks as if she knows what she's talking about.» Am I right that the difference between this and the subjunctive version

There are four should s to consider. 1. "advisability" should . ( should a ) The president should a change the policy. = It is advisable for the president to change the policy. Advice is not prediction, so should a can't be used.

Hi Tim I have to agree with GG. That doesn't sound like any version of English I've ever heard. She's can mean either she is or she has (depending on the context). However, she's does not mean she was -- not in written and also not

Hi Goodman You 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",

L'intronato schrieb: But two doubts remain about first subjunctive in english. 1) Is it used only in "that-clauses"? 2) Doesn't it have ... police, I had suggested he go to see a lawyer" (in this case is "handed hslf