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Rvw Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Subjunctive Mood
0 Do you agree that the subjunctive mood is only used in the following ways? 02 br
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00 A. Present subjunctive. 02 br
00 -1. All verb forms are the same as for the present tense except in the third person singular. There, use the infinitive (without 01 i 00 to 02 i 00 ). 02 br
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00 -I/you/we/they launch the shuttle. (present indicative) 02 br
00 -He launch 01 b 00 es 02 b 00 the shuttle. (present indicative) 02 br
00 -He insisted that I/you/he/we/they launch the shuttle. (present subjunctive) 02 br
00 -The ghost is real. (present indicative) 02 br
00 -If the ghost be real, Hamlet must act. (present subjunctive with infinitive 01 i 00 be 02 i 00 ) 02 br
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00 -2. The present subjunctive is used almost solely in noun clauses after verbs of 01 i 00 asking, ordering, urging, insisting 02 i 00 , etc., and also after adjectives of similar meaning. ---Paul Roberts, 01 i 00 Understanding Grammar 02 i 02 br
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00 B. Past subjunctive. 02 br
00 -1. Only forms of the verb 01 i 00 be 02 i 00 are affected. 01 b 00 Were 02 b 00 is used as a linking verb or auxiliary. 02 br
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00 -He played the piano. (past indicative) 02 br
00 -He acted as if he played the piano. (past subjuctive; same form) 02 br
00 -He was talented. (past indicative) 02 br
00 -If I/you/he/we/they 01 b 00 were 02 b 00 talented, what a wonderful world this would be. (past subjunctive with 01 i 00 were 02 i 00 ) 02 br
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00 -2. The past subjunctive is mainly used in contrary-to-fact situations, most often in subordinate clauses introduced by 01 i 00 if, as if, though 02 i 00 , or 01 i 00 as though 02 i 00 . 02 br
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00 C. The past perfect subjunctive is identical to the past perfect indicative. 02 br
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00 -If she had driven faster, she would have made it. 02 br
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00 D. The future subjunctive, present perfect subjunctive, and future perfect subjunctive are too notionally complex to use. ??? 0-
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00 A. Present subjunctive. 02 br
00 -1. All verb forms are the same as for the present tense except in the third person singular. There, use the infinitive (without 01 i 00 to 02 i 00 ). 02 br
02 br
00 -I/you/we/they launch the shuttle. (present indicative) 02 br
00 -He launch 01 b 00 es 02 b 00 the shuttle. (present indicative) 02 br
00 -He insisted that I/you/he/we/they launch the shuttle. (present subjunctive) 02 br
00 -The ghost is real. (present indicative) 02 br
00 -If the ghost be real, Hamlet must act. (present subjunctive with infinitive 01 i 00 be 02 i 00 ) 02 br
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00 -2. The present subjunctive is used almost solely in noun clauses after verbs of 01 i 00 asking, ordering, urging, insisting 02 i 00 , etc., and also after adjectives of similar meaning. ---Paul Roberts, 01 i 00 Understanding Grammar 02 i 02 br
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00 B. Past subjunctive. 02 br
00 -1. Only forms of the verb 01 i 00 be 02 i 00 are affected. 01 b 00 Were 02 b 00 is used as a linking verb or auxiliary. 02 br
02 br
00 -He played the piano. (past indicative) 02 br
00 -He acted as if he played the piano. (past subjuctive; same form) 02 br
00 -He was talented. (past indicative) 02 br
00 -If I/you/he/we/they 01 b 00 were 02 b 00 talented, what a wonderful world this would be. (past subjunctive with 01 i 00 were 02 i 00 ) 02 br
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00 -2. The past subjunctive is mainly used in contrary-to-fact situations, most often in subordinate clauses introduced by 01 i 00 if, as if, though 02 i 00 , or 01 i 00 as though 02 i 00 . 02 br
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00 C. The past perfect subjunctive is identical to the past perfect indicative. 02 br
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00 -If she had driven faster, she would have made it. 02 br
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00 D. The future subjunctive, present perfect subjunctive, and future perfect subjunctive are too notionally complex to use. ??? 0-
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0 Just to add an example to [A. Present subjunctive] 02 br 02 br 00 Let the ghost be real, .... ) 0-
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0 Just to add an example to [A. Present subjunctive] 02 br
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00 Let the ghost be real, .... 02 br
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00 (Can I say "Let the ghost were real, Hamlet had to act....?) 0-
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00 Let the ghost be real, .... 02 br
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00 (Can I say "Let the ghost were real, Hamlet had to act....?) 0-
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0 As a post scriptum: 02 br
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00 I remember being edited my sentence (1) We argue that this feature is to be considered crucial. 02 br
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00 as (2) We argue that this feature be considered crucial. 02 br
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00 (1) is a bad sentence? Or there is stylistic preference? Please give me your hand ! 0-
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00 I remember being edited my sentence (1) We argue that this feature is to be considered crucial. 02 br
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00 as (2) We argue that this feature be considered crucial. 02 br
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00 (1) is a bad sentence? Or there is stylistic preference? Please give me your hand ! 0-
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0 "I remember being edited my sentence (1) We argue that this feature is to be considered crucial. 02 br
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00 as (2) We argue that this feature be considered crucial. 02 br
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00 (1) is a bad sentence? Or there is stylistic preference? Please give me your hand !" 02 br
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00 To my ear, sentence 1 flows better than 2. I think they are
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00 as (2) We argue that this feature be considered crucial. 02 br
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00 (1) is a bad sentence? Or there is stylistic preference? Please give me your hand !" 02 br
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00 To my ear, sentence 1 flows better than 2. I think they are
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0 Thank you, rvw, for your help. This was one of my longstanding questions ! Roro 0-
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