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Re: Native-speaker/native language

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,...

ESL Linguistics Discussion Forum by Tanit 170 days ago Verbs Tenses Accents Subjunctives Dialects Idioms Articles Vocabulary Present perfect Past simple
Re: worse/worst

New2grammar wrote: worse comes to to worst.

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Goodman 333 days ago Articles American English Grammar Verbs Subjunctives

Yoong Liat wrote:Hi GoodmanYou 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", I'll understand that he says so because he is ignorant. But you...

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Re: subjunctives (sequence of moods)

Hi MariusI agree; the use of "is" in the above case is getting more common. But as the article you pointed out mentioned, "was" is more traditional. As it is with many aspects of English, i suppose it's up to one's own discretion and preference =)Anyway, thanks for your help people! =)

ESL General English Grammar Questions by SJ88 1 yr 30 days ago Articles Subjunctives
Re: Conditional dilemma

Believer wrote:Side question: A lot of dictionaries seem to indicate that the word 'subjunctive' is usually precede with the article 'the', but lately I seem to see cases where it is made plural or it with 'a' in front of it (like 'a subjunctive'). Are they correct? are ...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Cool Breeze 1 yr 96 days ago Articles Plurals Tenses Present tenses Subjunctives Past tenses Definite articles Conditionals Paragraphs
Re: Conditional dilemma

Believer wrote: 1.If I worked more diligently, I would buy more bacon. 2. If I had money, I would buy a Lexus. 3. If I had been talking with him at the meeting, I would have recognized that he is my cousin. 4. If I had won the match, I would have become famous. Would you say all the above...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Philip 1 yr 96 days ago Articles Verbs Plurals Tenses Subjunctives Conditionals
Conditional dilemma

Hi, I was trying to brush up on the conditional and subjunctive and came upon a question or two. I hope you could help. In conditionals, there seem to be names like 'present unreal conditional', 'past unreal conditional' and 'future unreal conditional', and as far as I know, the subjunctive...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Believer 1 yr 96 days ago Articles Plurals Subjunctives Conditionals
Re: Is this subjunctive?

Cool Breeze wrote: Grammarian-bot wrote:Congress is debating a bill requiring certain employers to provide workers with unpaid leave so that they can care for sick or newborn children.I have a serious problem with deciding when to use prepositions before verbs and when not to. Any...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Grammarian-bot 1 yr 119 days ago Articles Verbs Prepositions Nouns Auxiliaries Modals Speak english Subjunctives Modal auxiliaries
Re: Is this subjunctive?

Grammarian-bot wrote:Congress is debating a bill requiring certain employers to provide workers with unpaid leave so that they can care for sick or newborn children.I have a serious problem with deciding when to use prepositions before verbs and when not to. Any help/suggestions.Hi GBThe to in...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Cool Breeze 1 yr 120 days ago Articles Verbs Prepositions Nouns Auxiliaries Modals Speak english Subjunctives Modal auxiliaries
Re: Subjunctive using modal verb

With further consideration, I can only think that the author of the Wikipedia article on 'Subjunctive Mood' is considering the idea in its widest sense-- as 'any verb or structure that expresses a condition which is doubtful or not factual'. This is interesting for linguistic purposes, but is...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Mister Micawber 1 yr 122 days ago Articles Grammar Verbs Auxiliaries Modals Subjunctives

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