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The subjunctive mood is almost non-existent in modern American or British English. Very few people use it in daily speech.
I recognize it only because I know Spanish and read the KJV. I sometimes get strange looks when I slip it into a conversation. |
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If in doubt, follow the grammatical rules. As I said, it's not a big thing. As you know there are plenty of other grammatical rules that are written in stone and should not be "violated" under any circumstances!! |
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Sorry, I disagree here, too. If the teacher is remotely interested in philology, or not a teenager, he/she would mark it as incorrect. The point is really that using were instead of was in the right construction is bound to be correct. Nobody in their right mind would mark it as incorrect, so why not use it anyway to be sure? |
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Irmamar said I'm not sure if my teachers would like if I wrote () in an exam 'was' instead of 'were' And my reply was No your teachers probably wouldn't....If in doubt, follow the grammatical rules. Hope that's clear now |
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You are quite correct, I misread your post entirely. Sorry. I agree with your argument - use the most correct language for an exam, even if you don't put it into practice afterwards. (Rather like a driving licence exam )
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PS I was going to say exactly the same thing about the driving exam in that post to irmamar, but thought that people might not know what I was getting at |
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That is refreshing to hear. I'm sorry I grouped the British with the Americans. I guess it depends upon which circles you frequent, but most Americans don't use the subjunctive.
Last edited by Rusty; February 13, 2010 at 09:35 AM. |
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I guess the key thing here is to be able to recognize it, right?
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Long live the King (OK - political content here, ignore that) Long live the Republic (hortative subjunctive) May all your Chrismasses be white The committee requests the president that he reconsider his decision (subjunctive) Would that last one just not be correct in AmE ? |
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