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[–] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

If you’re familiar with the pragmatic application of the subjunctive in your own language or others, that may help

When I tried using my dative and accusative case knowledge from German with the objective case "whom" it made me sound weird to the native English speakers I know (American, Australian, Northern English), who mostly stopped using "whom". So in general I'd advise caution with this approach.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago*

    That makes sense. I should have been more emphatic that if/when the subjunctive shows up in speech, it should exist for largely the same purposes it serves in other languages... granted, even in that case, it's less complex than in other languages.

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