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Believer Posted 19 years ago
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Is this the subjunctive?

0Hi,02br
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00I think I did use this clause to ask a question before but allow me to use the same one to ask a different question.02br
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00Is this the subjunctive?02br
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00even if it01u00 take02u00 a long time to do.0-
  

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0 The Choice 02br 01i 00 by 00William Butler Yeats02i 02br 02br 00 The intellect of man is forced to choose 02br 00 perfection of the life, or of the work, 02br 00 And01font 00 if it 01b 00take02b 02font 00 the second must refuse 02br 00 A heavenly mansion, raging in the dark. 02br 00 When all that story's finished, what's the news? 02br 00 In luck or out the toil has left its mark: 02br 00 That old perplexity an empty purse, 02br 00 Or the day's vanity, the night's remorse.

— Marius Hancu

  • 0 The Choice 02br 01i 00 by 00William Butler Yeats02i 02br 02br 00 The intellect of man is forced to choose 02br 00 perfection of the life, or of the work, 02br 00 And01font 00 if it 01b 00take02b 02font 00 the second must refuse 02br 00 A heavenly mansion, raging in the dark.
  • 02br 00 When all that story's finished, what's the news?
  • 02br 00 In luck or out the toil has left its mark: 02br 00 That old perplexity an empty purse, 02br 00 Or the day's vanity, the night's remorse.
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0 The Choice 02br
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00 The intellect of man is forced to choose 02br
00 perfection of the life, or of the work, 02br
00 And01font00 if it 01b00take02b02font00 the second must refuse 02br
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0 The missing 01i00s02i00 on 01i00take02i00 is a sign of the subjunctive, yes.02br
00 However, the use of the subjunctive after 01i00if 02i00hardly ever occurs anymore in modern English.02br
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10The missing 11i10s12i10 on 11i10take12i10 is a sign of the subjunctive, yes.12br
11font10However, the use of the subjunctive after11b10 12b11i11b10if12b10 12i10hardly eve
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0We use subjunctive mood to express somethig desirable, possible, hypothetic.02br
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00if suggests something hypothetic or desirable will follow02br
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01font00"However, the use of the subjunctive after01b00 02b01i01b00if02b00 02i00hardly ever occurs anymore in moder
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01cite10Inchoateknowledge12cite12br
10We use subjunctive mood to express somethig desirable, possible, hypothetic.12br
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10if suggests something hypothetic or desirable will follow12br
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11font10"However, the use of the subjunctive after11b10 12
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0 01font00If it should rain tomorrow, we would cancel our picnic. -- subjunctive02font02br
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01font002. If I were you, I wouldn't go so far as to say that. -- subjunctive02font02br
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01font003. If I had studied harder when young, I would be a docto
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0Hi, Incho,02br
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00I think I'm losing you. Don't you understand my questions?0-
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0Sorry, put it again.02br
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01font00"However, the use of the subjunctive after01b00 02b01i01b00if02b00 02i00hardly ever occurs anymore in modern English."02font02br
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01font00What is it that puzzles you seeing the sentence?02
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01cite10Inchoateknowledge12cite10Sorry, put it again.12br
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11font10"However, the use of the subjunctive after11b10 12b11i11b10if12b10 12i10hardly ever occurs anymore in modern English."12font12br
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01cite10Pioussoul12cite11blockquote
11cite20Inchoateknowledge22cite22br
20Sorry, put it again.22br
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21font20"However, the use of the subjunctive after21b20 22b21i21b20if22b20 22i20
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