|
#1
| |||
| |||
| English is not my mother tongue since I am a francophone. I am experiencing difficulties with respect to the subjonctive. I would appreciate your reviewing and correcting the following sentences for me. First example: "It is important that the wine is not chilled" or would it be preferable to say: "It is important that the wine should not be chilled " ? Second example: present tense: It is important for me that I improve my english. pas tense: Last year I suggested to my son that he impove(D)(*) his english (*) is the "improved" written correctly ? Thank you very much for your time. My e-mail address is EMAIL REMOVED - Send PM to This User Instead |
|
#2
| ||||
| ||||
| Welcome, Gilles. ![]() Rule: . . . important that someone DO (bare infinitive verb) . . . [1] It is important that the wine (not) be chilled. [2] It is important to me, personally, that I improve my English. Note, According to my teacher, it is important for me to improve my English. [3] Last year, I suggested to my son that he improve his English. Note, the word English is a name, so it should be capitalized. All the best. |
![]() |
| Bookmarks |
| Tags |
| english, grammar |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
| |
Similar Threads | ||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| what is the base of Grammar in English? | Anonymous | Ask a Teacher | 2 | 06-Sep-2009 10:58 |
| Is there a grammar of spoken English? | M56 | General Language Discussions | 25 | 09-Feb-2009 00:58 |
| Help | zhangjin | Ask a Teacher | 22 | 29-Mar-2008 19:47 |
| Is it right? | Genrikh | Ask a Teacher | 2 | 03-Dec-2005 15:59 |