After a full-dress review of the subjunctive in the preceding chapters, this form of the English language should no longer hold any terrors for us. With a clearer understanding of its uses and ...

IT won't be surprising at all if this basic grammar question still stumps not just a few English writers and speakers among us: "How do you know if a sentence that uses 'were' is indicative or ...

In "Fiddler on the Roof," the poor but patriarchal Tevye muses upon pleasures beyond his reach. "If I were a rich man," he sings. Today's profoundly perplexing question is: Should the beloved fiddler ...