Timeline for Expressing "There's no such thing as …" emphatically
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| May 1, 2016 at 23:01 | history | edited | Gilles 'SO nous est hostile' | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
subjonctif pour un hypothétique, comme suggéré par jilliagre
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| May 1, 2016 at 23:00 | comment | added | Gilles 'SO nous est hostile' | @Yay With both sentence constructions, both the subjunctive (puisse) and the indicative (peut) can be used. On reflection, here, I think the subjunctive is more neutral, and more appropriate. The indicative implies that the speaker considers that clothes can be strange, and thus that Londoners are blind to an existing concept. In informal speech, the indicative wouldn't have this implication, it would just be a substitution for the subjunctive, but this sentence isn't informal enough for that. | |
| May 1, 2016 at 12:03 | comment | added | Yay | Thanks for such a detailed answer. I have a question, though. Jlliagre proposed L’idée qu'un vêtement puisse être bizarre n’existe même pas..., while you propose l’idée même qu'un vêtement peut être bizarre n’existe pas.... Is there any difference between the indicative and the subjunctive form? Are both correct? | |
| Apr 26, 2016 at 11:33 | history | answered | Gilles 'SO nous est hostile' | CC BY-SA 3.0 |