Ramón,
I don't know what language I prefer. I'm a SNS but I can also speak english and
italian! So you can write in any of those languages cuz I'll understand :P
Ahora, un poco de castellano. Le acabo de preguntar a mi marido que es
canadiense y me dice que la frase "I do hope this helps Laura" is ok. Sin
embargo, si es subjuntivo, entonces gramaticalmente estaría mal, pero se acepta,
porque hoy en día muchos de los que hablan inglés cometen errores al hablar sin
darse cuenta, y uno que no es nativo en inglés y estudió gramática inglesa se da
cuenta de esto, pero creo que en general se acepta.
Personalmente, creo que la frase es correcta así como vos la dijiste!
Saludos
Andy

Ramón <farsooth@...> wrote:

Hola Andy.

I do not know what language you prefer. B-)

Thanks a bunch for your words. I do hope this helps Laura since
it is really a difficult subject. It is so difficult that Spanish is
slowly letting Subjunctive die, not so fast as English, but steadily.

You see in my previous sentence I wrote "I do hope this helps Laura"
but, is it right? Grammatically this is Subjunctive "Espero que esto
ayude a Laura" so the verb should not be written with the 3rd. person
singular "s" of Present Indicative Mood, but I have seen it like this
more than the other way around. Maybe we can discuss here this issue.

Language is a living thing and we must respect the way people speak
and write. As you know, in Spanish there is La Real Academia that
works trying in vain to keep language unchanging but they do slow
changes. English follows the whims of the speakers, even if some
purists do protest.

In the end, people win and keep their ways. South America is one of
the places where the language changes quicker.

Thanks again.


Ramón.












--- En Espanol-Ingles@..., andrea ferretti
<andyblue22k@y...> escribió:
> Ramón
> wow, I couldn't have explain it better. i mean, I understand the use
of the subjunctive but I have trouble explaining it :P
> Andy
>



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