Here's how it should be: Jackson would have celebrated his fiftieth birthday this August if he were alive . Jackson would have celebrated his fiftieth birthday this August if he had not died earlier this year . There are a

It can be put in present perfect and past perfect using "if" like this: If the train have already left , we shall/will take the next train. (formal present perfect subjunctive) If the train had already left , we should/would

Now if I look up "are," the dictionary tells me that it is the present plural of "be." But what I would expect is that it would tell me that it is the present plural of "am" or "is" because those are the

Why is the subjunctive mood is not applicable for this sentence? It is applicable, but were after if is not the only case of subjunctive. had been lured is also subjunctive. All past perfect tenses double as past subjunctives. You can consider a

I'm still somewhat confused regarding the subjunctive mood. Suppose we are talking about two different people, two "hes", is this correct? (1) He is rich, and he wishes he were rich. (2) He was rich, and he wishes he

From the book, I learned that there are 5 If ... Then patterns. 1. If present, then present 2. If present, then can/may 3. If present, then future 4. If hypothetical subjunctive, then conditional If pete ATE pizza tomorrow, THEN he WOULD

1)This is an example of the subjunctive mood. Subjunctive mood is used to express a hypothetical situation. It would be embarrassing if the students knew more than the teacher. 2) This one is a logical sequence of verb tenses. The "using of

Hi Speakyword To talk about a past event in a way that is contrary to fact, you use the same form as the past perfect in a "wish" sentence or an "if" sentence. (It is subjunctive, but it looks like the past perfect.) For

Had either of you also considered the possibility that the past perfect in these cases is actually not focused on time relationships but on envisioned worlds, and is therefore -- dare I say it -- a subjunctive tense? It's interesting, but I

Had either of you also considered the possibility that the past perfect in these cases is actually not focused on time relationships but on envisioned worlds, and is therefore -- dare I say it -- a subjunctive tense? It had seemed safe