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.
There’s at least the wiki article on the English subjunctive.
Personal disclaimer: To me (though I’m not a perfect reporter), (American) English feels like it barely has a subjunctive mood in practice anymore. If you’re familiar with the pragmatic application of the subjunctive in your own language or others, that may help, but YMMV for how often and how consistently you’ll hear it used in everyday English speech (at least in the US).
Not as weird as high being spelled with just an <i> but height being spelled with <ei>.
I wonder how random chance works on that snap though: Is it 50% of every sentient population or just 50% of sentient life? What if humanity were wholly spared by the snap just based on statistical chance?
“Homosexuality can never… be justified.” is an odd choice, but I’m sure that’s what nets some positive responses in various cultures. I wonder how the reverse question would poll - “Homosexuality requires justification.”.
Well, the problem is saying that almost all the elements end with -ium, which makes this a non-issue from the jump. Also, according to the wiki article on aluminum, the US and UK basically swapped their preferred spellings - the -ium form was first preferred in the US, while the UK preferred the -um form, then they each adopted the other instead.
Could be lip service; like a superficial gesture to retain some basic standing in the political sphere. Idk why this should be a big deal to anyone.
Good lord, he doesn’t know how to be discreet about anything. Every topic is a chance for him to try to show off. No one likes a braggart, and no one takes a transparent braggart seriously.
Afaik, English grammar requires utterances with predicates to have a stressed element in those predicates. Contractions of only a subject and an auxiliary verb - ex: I am > I’m, he has > he’s, they will > they’ll - eliminate that independent auxiliary as a prosodic segment and violate that grammar.
A - “Who’s going to the store?”
B - “I am.” [ok] or “I’m going.” [ok] (or “I am going.”), but not “I’m.” [bad, obvs].