Timeline for What to use for subjunctive imperfect while speaking?
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| Nov 20, 2015 at 16:40 | vote | accept | temporary_user_name | ||
| Nov 19, 2015 at 23:10 | comment | added | Gilles 'SO nous est hostile' | @Aerovistae I don't think so. It's just that this sentence calls for a subjunctive imperfect, but that is never used in speech (and not all that much in writing), so we look for an alternative. Because the subjunctive present doesn't work here, recasting the sentence to not require the subjunctive is the preferred solution. Besides, in speech, it's common to avoid subordinate clauses, because they require more careful planning than coordinate clauses. | |
| Nov 19, 2015 at 23:07 | comment | added | temporary_user_name | Also, is it really common practice to avoid constructions with subjunctive in general? | |
| Nov 19, 2015 at 22:50 | comment | added | temporary_user_name | "rather shocking" lol | |
| Nov 19, 2015 at 22:47 | history | answered | Gilles 'SO nous est hostile' | CC BY-SA 3.0 |