Forum: English Questions 
Oct 25th, 2013, 12:52 pm
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Views: 14,829  Re: Help with "May God have mercy on your soul"
If I were you is the regular second form of the verb "be"
Rule - form: second form verbs are not marked for person or number - eg I played, he played, they played / I went, he went, they went
Rule -...
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Forum: English Questions
Jan 20th, 2007, 03:06 am
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Views: 14,829 Re: Help with "May God have mercy on your soul"
This one has been driving me crazy and I've been awake half the night thinking about it - may you be forgiven, Mark!
Seriously, it was that example that started me off - it has a clearer...
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Forum: English Questions
Jan 18th, 2007, 12:13 pm
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Forum: English Questions
Jan 18th, 2007, 12:07 pm
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Views: 14,829 Re: Help with "May God have mercy on your soul"
No - English doesn't have a subjunctive as such. The same idea would be expressed in other languages (eg Italian) with a subjunctive form, but that's just how those languages express the concept of a...
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