The Subjunctive Mood(英语资料)(2)

If you had taken my advice, you wouldn’t be in a difficult position now. If he looked so tired and sleepy, he would certainly have stayed up all night with the patient. If I were you, I wouldn’t have missed the film last night. If I were rich, I would have bought the villa last year. If I had caught that plane, I would be dead now. (stative verb静态动词) /would have been killed.

(dynamic verb动态动词)

Sentences of Suppressed Condition （含蓄条件句）

1) We can use but for, without ( If it were not for), with, or, otherwise, etc. prepositions to

introduce a phrase to show the condition.

2) We can use participles, the infinitive, adj. etc. to serve as adverbial modifier. Doing your best, you would be scolded all the same. Left to himself, he would get lost in the woods. He’d be stupid not to accept that offer. 3) The noun phrases or the infinitive as the subject It would do no good at all to explain again. The adoption of this method would prevent such a thing.

But and but that:

She would have come to see you but she was ill that day. (But: coordinate conjunction) It never rains but it pours. (real condition)

She would have come to see you but that she was ill that day. (But is a preposition, introduces

conditional clause)

But that it snowed heavily, they could have arrived earlier.=but for the snow,...(句首）

I wish ...

I wish I remembered the address.

How I wish it wasn’t /weren’t raining.

We wish you had come to our party.

I wish you would go with me tomorrow.

Grace wishes that she did not have a test tomorrow.

I wish you could /would have called yesterday.

Wish, had rather, would rather, would sooner and would just as soon express one’s

wish and they have similar subjunctive verb form：

wish for the present or the future: did

Wish for the past: had done

I would rather you went now than tomorrow.

I’d sooner you didn’t do anything about it for the time being.

John would rather not go to class tomorrow.

He would rather have stayed at home last night.

表建议、要求、推荐、建议、决定、意图等的动词：

要求：ask, beg, demand, request, require, urge desire, agree, allow, arrange, promise,

consent etc.

建议：advise, suggest, propose, move, recommend, deserve, etc.