B) what will his life have been if he were not lured into that last, fateful voyage Present-posterior (will be) doesn't make any sense with past-neutral (note 'last' in that if clause). "If he were not lured into that last,

1. You were not supposed to see that.-- Just now or before You were not supposed to have seen that-- Before What does the past participle do in this case?- - Edges it toward the past 2. I wish he were never my student.-- Formal . Use 'were' for

You merely need to explain that earlier indicative and subjunctive forms were superseded by the modern past tense forms. It should take 30 seconds or so. (The apparent anomaly is not unique to English, by the way. For instance, French

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

The past perfect is indistinguishable from the past subjunctive. Is that what you meant? If the train had already left, we would have had to take a car. This conditional structure is virtually the only use of the past subjunctive. _______ The

Hi. All your sentences are subjunctive mood. She requested Frank (should) come to the party. he teacher insists that her students ( should ) be on time. No, we don't use "to" in such constructions. Pay attention that present

Hi Penstaar, and welcome to the forum. 1) Your student is trying to master the subjunctive mood. It is more common grammatical construction in other languages. It is used for a subjective situation with a false hypothesis: The conditional follows.

We typically explain the tense differences to students only in terms of time factors. Yes, and my post is an attempt to "correct" what I believe is a (partially) faulty approach to the subject!!! Do you think I'm out in left field

How is that possible? @ Avangi Good question, K.K. My second grade teacher (who also taught my father) would sneak up behind a misbehaving student and ask, "You want I should pinch?" I recently saw a list of possible subjunctive