Subjunctive

[RonBee]

Grammar mavens!

Please explain the subjunctive voice as clearly and plainly as possible, and give plenty of examples.

:)

[Casiopea]

The English Subjunctive: Scholarly Opinions.

http://www.ceafinney.com/subjunctive/excerpts.html

[MikeNewYork]

Originally Posted by RonBee

Grammar mavens!

Please explain the subjunctive voice as clearly and plainly as possible, and give plenty of examples.

:)

It is the subjunctive "mood". Do you need any more after Cas's link?

[RonBee]

Originally Posted by MikeNewYork

It is the subjunctive "mood". Do you need any more after Cas's link?

That's what I mean! I didn't even know it was the subjunctive mood. :(

Actually, the stuff over there was a little too academic for me. It went right over my head. If I can study it in bite-sized chunks maybe I can really learn that stuff. (Whether I would ever need to know it is perhaps another matter.)

Maybe I should just keep working on conditionals for the time being.

:P

[MikeNewYork]

Try these:

http://www.bartleby.com/64/C001/061.html

http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000031.htm

http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/verbs.htm#mood

[RonBee]

Thanks. I have only looked at the Bartleby site so far, but I am sure they are all useful sites.

:D

[MikeNewYork]

Originally Posted by RonBee

Thanks. I have only looked at the Bartleby site so far, but I am sure they are all useful sites.

:D

After you review them, I'll be happy to work on it with you, if you'd like.

[RonBee]

Originally Posted by MikeNewYork

After you review them, I'll be happy to work on it with you, if you'd like.

Okay. After I read each of them about ten times.

:)