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Believer Posted 19 years ago
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in the subjunctive

0Hi, I think you cover this type of questions. Would you refer me to a thread or please tell me if they are in the subjunctive mood.02br
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00He splurged his money on things as if he were a millionnaire.02br
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00He splurged his money on things as though he were a millionnaire.02br
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00Would you say if a sentence has an "as if or as though he + additional words" structure, it will be in the subjunctive? 0-
  

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0 Hi Believer02br 02br 01i 00Were 02i 00is a 01font 00subjunctive02font 00 in your sentences. 02br 02br 02i 00In the above sentence 01i 00are02i 00 isn't a subjunctive. 02i 02br 02br 00British grammarians in particular used to consider 01i 00like02i 00 incorrect in sentences like the one above because a 01b 00clause02b 00followed it.

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  • 0 Hi Believer02br 02br 01i 00Were 02i 00is a 01font 00subjunctive02font 00 in your sentences.
  • 02br 02br 02i 00In the above sentence 01i 00are02i 00 isn't a subjunctive.
  • 02i 02br 02br 00British grammarians in particular used to consider 01i 00like02i 00 incorrect in sentences like the one above because a 01b 00clause02b 00followed it.
  • There may still be a few grey-haired professors at Oxford University who object to it.
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0 Hi Believer02br
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01i00Were 02i00is a 01font00subjunctive02font00 in your sentences. This is probably the most common mood of the verb after 01i00as if02i00 and 01i00as though:02i02br
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01i00He speaks as if / as though he 01font
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01cite10Believer12cite10Hi, I think you cover this type of questions. Would you refer me to a thread or please tell me if they are in the subjunctive mood.12br
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10He splurged his money on things as if he were a millionnaire.12br
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10He splurged his money on things as though he were a million
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0 01b01font00Yes, the subjunctive .... contrary-to-fact situation.02font02b00 Thank you so much Philip for this explanation .The only subjunctive form I know is e.g. advertisements (should) be banned.Maybe it is not a good example but I have always wondered why they called the other forms as subjunctive though 01i00should
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0Hi, CoolBreeze.02br
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00Can you tell me more in detail whether the sentences you used are in the subjunctive? They don't look to be in the subjunctive mood. 02br
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01i00He speaks as if/as though he01u00 knew02u00 about it. -- looks like a normal sentence with the underlind verg in the past tense and doesn't seem to be i
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1font00Huh, CoolBreeze is offline and I couldn't stop myself.I am sorry02font00. 02br
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01i00He speaks as if/as though he01u00 knew02u00 about it. -----01font00funny guy he02font02i01font00 01u00doesn't kno
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0Hi, Doll. Thank you.02br
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00To me, the sentence "He speaks as if/though he knew about it" doesn't necessary preclude the possibility that he knew about it a bit or a lot. Let us examine this similarly constructed sentence:02br
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01i00He dresses as if he had a lot of money02i02br
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00Now, if it was written like
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1b01i00If a sentence is constructed with "as if" or "as though" in it, does that always mean it indicates a contrary-to-fact situation? 01font00 No of course.02font02i02b02br
00He talks as if he knows something--- he really knows something. 02br
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00As for your other questions, let
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0He dresses as if/though he had a lot of money--------What I understand from this sentence is that he does the action 01i00dressing and02i00 we can see this01i05002i00 but we know that he doesn't have money. 02br
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01i00He dresses as if he were a millionnaire. ------I wouldn't think it is subjentive just because of
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01cite10Believer12cite10Hi, CoolBreeze.12br
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10Can you tell me more in detail whether 11font11b10the sentences12b12font10 you used are in the subjunctive? They don't look to be in the subjunctive mood. 12br
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11i10He speaks a
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