By Subjunctives, Learn English

Hello Guest I'm a mere learner from Japan but allow me to make trivial additions to CJ's comment. In English we have several verbs used in a similar way to express our hope/desire: desire, expect, hope, wish, would rather. They all can be followed by a that-clause, but they are slightly...

Maverick wrote: Hey, I got a concise and logical explanation by Mr.P: 'He is behaving as children who learn English in a natural fashion are not the least bit confused by the subjunctive, nor are they confused on how to use it. But people who learn it from the rules of prescriptive/traditional...

Taking a less rigid approach often eases communication and helps the student to acquire English faster by concentrating on the practical matters of speaking and writing English, not on the fine points of grammatical terminology. That gets my vote. The CGEL hasn't thought this one through. For...

1.If I were you ,I would learn English well . 2.If you were here yesterday ,you whould meet him . 3.The meeting will be put off if it rains tomorrow . 4.If you followed the doctor's advice, you would be better now is it right? thanks for your response