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Inchoateknowledge Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

subjunctive

0I cannot build in this component in a way that it 01font00work(s)02font00 well.02br
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00Is it correct?02br
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00The subjunctive mood we use when wishing to express wishes, 00desire00, 01font00possibility02font00,01font00 judgement02font00 etc.0-
  

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02br 02br 00And could you please explain your sentence: «... 02br 02br 00«I can not build this component in (=embed) so that it works well» — that't how I get your sentnce. 0-

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0 I think both are ok in modern English.02br
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00Ex.: It is reqired that he does/do this.02br
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00Ex.: Citizens demand roads be built02br
00(C) — SimCity.02br
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00And could you please explain your sentence: «... build in a component...»?02br
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00«I can not build this component in (=embed) so t
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01cite10Ant_22212cite10I think both are ok in modern English. Ex.: It is reqired that he does/do this. Ex.: Citizens demand roads be built (C) — SimCity. And could you please explain your sentence: «... build in a component...»? «I can not build this component in (=embed) so that it works well» — that't how I get your sentnc
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01cite10Inchoateknowledge12cite10I cannot build in this component in a way that it 11font10work(s)12font10 well.12br
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10Is it correct?12br
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10The subjunctive mood we use when wishing to express wishes, 10desire10, 11font
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0 My English is still too poor to get you...02br
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00Do you mean to assemble (or repair) a component?02br
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00Or do you mean «to build a component 01i00into02i00 a car»? 0-
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01cite10Ant_22212cite10My English is still too poor to get you... Do you mean to assemble (or repair) a component? Or do you mean «to build a component 11i10into12i10 a car»?12blockquote
10You know, when you replace a component in a car, you build in the new one after having removed the ol
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01cite10Inchoateknowledge12cite10I cannot build in this component in a way that it 11font10work(s)12font10 well.12br
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10Is it correct?12br
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10The subjunctive mood we use when wishing to express wishes, 10desire10, 11font
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0Hello IK01blockquote
01cite10Inchoateknowledge12cite10I cannot build in this component in a way that it 11font10work(s)12font10 well.12br
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10You have to use "works", I'm afraid.01blockquote
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10The subjunctive mo
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0 «ti panimaesh tot ia gavariu?»02br
00Ok, thanks.02br
00Ya, kazhetsya, ponimayu, chto ti govorish'... 0-
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0 01i00in a way that02i00 and 01i00so that02i00 trigger the subjunctive in many languages, but not in English. It's 01i00works02i00 only, not 01i00work02i00.02br
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01i00Place it so that he see01b00s02b00 it as soon as he comes in.02i02br
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0 Old English seems to have had it:02br
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00«And then let some place of scripture be plainly and distinctly read, so much as shall be thought sufficient for the day or time; which ended, if any brother have exhortation, question, or doubt, let him not fear to speak and move the same, so that he do it with moderation, either to edify or be edified. And hereof I doubt not bu
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