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Use even if in a clause with a subjunctive when the main clause has a conditional:Even if I knew him better, I wouldn't tell him anything about this.CB

is totally dependent on context, rather than the tense of any verbs in the if clause? And would that make a difference between your example and mine? Best regards, - A. Edit, note - Amy offered an analysis of "If I am" as being equal to "Whenever I am" in a different...

difference between the two sentences of 'It is high time that I was in bed' and 'It is high time that I were in bed.' You need ... was .... As far as I know, the expressions It is (high) time (that) do not take the subjunctive (I were) in modern English. CJ

I read about subjunctive and indicative mood in many sites but I'm still struggling to understand the basic difference between these two moods. So I hope you will help me with this.

Hoa Thai wrote: Goodman wrote: You asked: Why can’t I find insist on somebody doing something usage in any dictionaries? Hi Goodman,That was exactly what I asked. Is 'She insisted on John speaking for us all' correct? I thought the dictionaries suggest that we should say,...

1)sentence example: "parents wish their daughter were" or "parents wish their daughter was" what is correct? 2)*If she was leaving, you would have heard about it. (indicative mood)If she were leaving, you would have heard about it. (subjunctive mood)Is there any difference in meaning in...

MrPedantic wrote:For me, the difference between the standard "type I" and "type II" conditionals relates not so much to possibility or conviction, as to the degree of detachment the speaker wishes to express. (It may be that other members would find this a strange way of looking at it,...

What's the difference between "look like" and "look as if" ? "It looks as if it is going to rain." yes this is correct. You see that there are gray clouds in the sky and you say this. You can say It look like it is going to rain or it looks like as though it is going to rain too. There is no...

The Graduate wrote: Hi there, A couple of hours ago I was thinking about the difference between the following two sentences: I feel as if I did something wrongI feel like if I did something wrong No 'if' with like. According to my understanding, I think that the first one is used when...

Hena wrote:I know might is less stronger than may; can we also say "could" is less probable than "might" ?The difference between "could" and "might" is that "could" can form an indicative, standalone, simple past tense of the present tense form "can" whereas the standalone "might" forms the...