Episode 44 - The Quest for the Holy Grail of English Grammar | An Interview with Christopher Walker
The Clark and Miller English Podcast
How to Build Conditionals That Will Work for You
Reality is subjective it depends on the person yes reality to is subjective mm-hmm paradoxes aside reality is subjective and this is where the Tom Cruise example comes in so I'm unlikely to see Tom Cruise it's very unlikely. If I want to talk about the idea of meeting him I might use a past form if I met Tom Cruise I would ask him about when the next top gun film will come out for example yep. So exactly if if or when I see him I'll do this for them that reality is entirely subjectiveYes but it depends on so many so many factors outside the languageExactly so politeness and reality are both examples of subjective distance yes so we trimming it
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