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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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subjunctive-creating situations
Hi,
If you have a situation where you are thinking of it as hypothetical or unreal, shoud we use the subjuctive??
I would not lend him money unless I were a fool.
He acted as if he were a wise man -- which he is not.
If you have a situation where you are thinking of it as hypothetical or unreal, shoud we use the subjuctive??
I would not lend him money unless I were a fool.
He acted as if he were a wise man -- which he is not.
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Anonymous Hi, If you have a situation where you are thinking of it as hypothetical or unreal, shoud we use the subjuctive?? I would not lend him money unless I were a fool. He acted as if he were a wise man -- which he is not.
- Anonymous Hi, If you have a situation where you are thinking of it as hypothetical or unreal, shoud we use the subjuctive??
- I would not lend him money unless I were a fool.
- He acted as if he were a wise man -- which he is not.
- The first sentence is fine.
- For the second sentence, 'which he is not' is redundant.
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AnonymousHi,The first sentence is fine.
If you have a situation where you are thinking of it as hypothetical or unreal, shoud we use the subjuctive??
I would not lend him money unless I were a fool.
He acted as if he were a wise man -- which he is not.
For the second sentence, 'which he is not' is redundant.
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