By Translation, Subjunctives

1. Put together our respective ignorance(s). 2. Were is subjunctive mood here, and describes a hypothetical situation, considered in the past. See GG's translation.

Regarding to "will help you"... That's incorrect too... It would be a lot easier if you were brazilian or spanish because this way I could explain why to you with a translationYou are proceeding from the point of view that only Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese have chosen the correct tenses...

That doesn't soud like present simple to me. Present simple is used for opinions and beliefs, but "hope" expresses neither and opinion nor a belief. It expresses a WISH. And with a wish, you can only use one verb tense: Subjunctive. Most people don't know this verb tense, because it's very...

In Spanish, (which has a clearly defined subjunctive,) the verb "to be" would always take the indicative in that context as it is merely a description Bokeh, Actually, it would be the same as in English; it's a case of a requirement: that ballots be printed, not that they are printed. The...

So I'm not quite sure how your comments about him represent a "challenge" to my view of him. And as I've already said, your "corrected" view of Richard III is itself quite conventional. Mr. Pedantic: I wasn't challenging your point of view about anyone. I haven't got the least idea about your...

"Translation": Therefore we will not fear, even if/though the earth should/would give way and the mountains should/would fall into the heart of the sea. see various versions with "should" here: http://bible.cc/psalms/46-2.htm

Be careful with cross-language discussions of the subjunctive! Not all languages use the subjunctive in the same circumstances. Some of the English translations are meant to be suggestive and helpful in a general way - not models necessarily of good or natural English grammar. The more...

Your comments interest me, Recusant. Take the subjunctive forms of 'facio', for instance: faciam facerem fecerim fecissem fiam fierem factum sim factum essem What equivalents should we provide, in English translation, if we wish to convey the semantic effect of the subjunctive without...

I'm not sure whether the 'possessive + gerund' structure was preferred by English teachers, when native grammar was taught to the natives. I suspect that it was, if only because Fowler devotes so much space to it. But I would guess that most of those who produce written BrE for public consumption...

Hello Paco, first I think Jim mentioned that part because I sometimes write back saying 'il mio maestro' - actually am not an italian though, I very much like the sound of it. I did studied. I am now rather embarrased with the fact that I gave him my profile incorrectly by saying something in...