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I wish there were someone who knows what I mean when.. Actually, if I were you, I think I'd be just as concerned about the form of the other verbs in the sentence. I'd make them subjunctive as well. I would write the sentence this way: -
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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,
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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
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Hi, Thank you very much for your answer Cj. I am from Galicia where we normally use the subjunctive even more than regular Spaniards... so you can imagine Going back to my example, The Google Test tells me that the Subjunctive form is the
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Hi, Coming from Spanish I have a lot of doubts about subjunctive in English... mostly because normally I do not see or hear it around me... My doubt come in expressions like this: "bla bla bla so that he have to" vs "bla bla bla
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you can forget about this one.your previous post explains everything :) according to AlpheccaStars's this is wrong.I figured it out. I think you refresh webpage late.I posted another one. Best Regards
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"There are only a few verbs where the indirect object can follow the verb. Suggest is not one of these verb" Thanks a lot :) This is what I wanted to know.the logic itself :) This explains why I cannot use this.how can I find the list of
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Not all of them. Suggest is used only with that-clause or ing-clause. Hello, is there any problem in sentences below? I suggested the Holiday Inn to him OK. I suggested him the Holiday Inn. It's wrong,. I told/said to him to stay in the
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Hello, is there any problem in sentences below? I suggested the Holiday Inn to him I suggested him the Holiday Inn I suggested(told,said,recommended) him to stay in the Holiday Inn I suggested(told,said,recommended) he stay in the Holiday Inn are
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Hi "you can't expect it to last forever" how is it called in English grammar? I m working on difference between subjunctive usage and catenative verbs usage I have several grammar book however I never saw any title of catenative
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