"If you knew what I had gone through, you would surely pity me." Don't listen to these people. You can change it to "have" because only the first verb has to be in the subjunctive mood. The verb "knew" is

Why should we use 'would' ,'could' in the subjunctive mood and in the future tense? would and could , along with several other verbs, are called modal verbs. The modal verbs don't really have tenses, so you can't really use

In choice English, it is preferable to say "I were" when you are talking about something that is not true: If I were handsome (I'm not); If I were the president (of course, I'm not); If this were the year 1930 (it's actually

Being from another planet (technically the moon), the above situation does not apply to me. However, during a conversation with an Earthling cat, I encountered an example of the subjunctive mood. Since from what I understand, an Earthling cat

Hi Tom Can I use it in everyday conversation? I'd say it's sometimes used in everyday conversation. Is the use of come natural in the given sentence?... I will invite you to dinner come December. I'd say that would be possible, but

Abil, native speakers NEVER use a that-clause after "want." You should say, "I want you to become more attentive." In fact, perhaps it might be better to say "to be" more attentive. Native speakers do, however, say

Perfect, grammar book- English = I wish I WERE there. You are NOT there. You are only wishing. Use subjunctive WERE; Good, conversational English (even used in writing by some educated people) = I wish I WAS there.

I wish I WERE doing that = subjunctive = only a wish; I wish I WAS doing that = everyday conversational English used by many (most?) native speakers nowadays. Since you are a language learner, it would be helpful to use the "correct"

OK. So this is equivalent to reported speech where there is a backshift in tense (except that here you use the subjunctive instead of indicative form)? And this is only used when you wish (or hope, believe, etc.) that something were true

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