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... Subjunctive The modern situation of the subjunctive mood , especially its relevance to style , has been summarized by Fowler in Modern English Usage , PP 574-78 . Here are the more important of his findings : subjunctives met with today ...
... Subjunctive The modern situation of the subjunctive mood , especially its relevance to style , has been summarized by Fowler in Modern English Usage , PP 574-78 . Here are the more important of his findings : subjunctives met with today ...
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... subjunctive proper to the encroaching periphrastic forms . One way to explain certain uses of the simple subjunctive in Tudor times is to revert to the practice in Old English , which was probably influenced by Latin . The subjunctive ...
... subjunctive proper to the encroaching periphrastic forms . One way to explain certain uses of the simple subjunctive in Tudor times is to revert to the practice in Old English , which was probably influenced by Latin . The subjunctive ...
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... subjunctive is sometimes replaced by the indicative in Shakespeare , e.g. All's Well I.3.204 . Did ever ./ Wish chastly . .. Dian / Was both her selfe and love ... that your 6. Use of the periphrastic subjunctive and indicative after ...
... subjunctive is sometimes replaced by the indicative in Shakespeare , e.g. All's Well I.3.204 . Did ever ./ Wish chastly . .. Dian / Was both her selfe and love ... that your 6. Use of the periphrastic subjunctive and indicative after ...
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Preface | 11 |
Introduction | 13 |
Social Strata and Levels of Communication | 21 |
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