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Believer Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
question on subjunctive again
0 Hi, 02 br
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00 My understanding on the use of subjuntive is as crudely as it may sound is that a person is trying to write as closely as possible (as best to approximate the content) the speech rendered previously. Now, when I was looking at the us.geocities.com website for its online help on subjunctive in the section called "The Imperative," I saw these two among other examples. My question is "What make one right and the other wrong when they have used different verbs to report the speeches?" Who is figuring out the tone and emotion involved to make the necessary distinction whether that person who made the speech has asked or ordered? 02 br
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00 1. He said, " 01 i 01 font 00 Speak up 02 font 02 i 00 , please!" 02 br
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00 2. He asked me 01 font 00 01 i 00 to speak up 02 i 02 font 00 . 02 br
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00 5. Mother said, " 01 i 01 font 00 Get 02 font 00 02 i 00 your hair combed" 02 br
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00 6. Mother ordered me 01 i 00 01 font 00 to get 02 font 02 i 00 my hair combed. 0-
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00 My understanding on the use of subjuntive is as crudely as it may sound is that a person is trying to write as closely as possible (as best to approximate the content) the speech rendered previously. Now, when I was looking at the us.geocities.com website for its online help on subjunctive in the section called "The Imperative," I saw these two among other examples. My question is "What make one right and the other wrong when they have used different verbs to report the speeches?" Who is figuring out the tone and emotion involved to make the necessary distinction whether that person who made the speech has asked or ordered? 02 br
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00 1. He said, " 01 i 01 font 00 Speak up 02 font 02 i 00 , please!" 02 br
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00 2. He asked me 01 font 00 01 i 00 to speak up 02 i 02 font 00 . 02 br
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00 5. Mother said, " 01 i 01 font 00 Get 02 font 00 02 i 00 your hair combed" 02 br
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00 6. Mother ordered me 01 i 00 01 font 00 to get 02 font 02 i 00 my hair combed. 0-
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0 say: neutral 02 br 00 asked: more demanding 02 br 00 ordered: even more demanding 0-
- 0 say: neutral 02 br 00 asked: more demanding 02 br 00 ordered: even more demanding 0-
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0 say: neutral 02 br
00 asked: more demanding 02 br
00 ordered: even more demanding 0-
00 asked: more demanding 02 br
00 ordered: even more demanding 0-
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1 font 00 Hi, 02 font 02 br
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00 My understanding on the use of subjunctive is as crudely as it may sound is that a person is trying to write as closely as possible (as best to approximate the content) the speech rendered previously. Now, when I was looking at the us.geocities.com website for its online help on subjunctive in the section called
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00 My understanding on the use of subjunctive is as crudely as it may sound is that a person is trying to write as closely as possible (as best to approximate the content) the speech rendered previously. Now, when I was looking at the us.geocities.com website for its online help on subjunctive in the section called
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0 Hello Believer, 02 br
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00 This discussion really is redundant since there are very few living instances in English where the subjuctive and the indicative take different forms (and many people even want to dispute those). 02 br
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00 If you were to look at language like Spanish 01 sup 00 1 02 sup 00 which does have a living subjunctiv
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00 This discussion really is redundant since there are very few living instances in English where the subjuctive and the indicative take different forms (and many people even want to dispute those). 02 br
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00 If you were to look at language like Spanish 01 sup 00 1 02 sup 00 which does have a living subjunctiv
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0 Sorry. Let me make a correction. It should be "its online help on 01 u 00 reported speech 02 u 00 ," not on 01 u 00 subjunctive. 02 u 02 br
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01 u 00 I was looking at the us.geocities.com for its online help on reported speech, not on subjuntive. 02 u 0-
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01 u 00 I was looking at the us.geocities.com for its online help on reported speech, not on subjuntive. 02 u 0-
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