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I am a total #descriptivist with regard to English most of the time, but a #prescriptivist when it involves making language more or less clear with changes. And I tell you, of all the changes that I see coming, losing the #subjunctive mood is really a bummer.

This article on the #Duolingo website is about changes #English might see over the next hundred years or so.
blog.duolingo.com/english-lang

Duolingo BlogWhat will English be like 100 years from now?We've read the tea leaves and searched our crystal ball… and here's what we think English will be like in the 22nd century!

@linguistics

The sentences below might be considered incorrect by some advanced learners of #Spanish, but they are 100% fine. The conjugated verbs “fueres”, “fuere” and “viere” are examples of the Future #subjunctive tense. It has almost disappeared in modern Spanish, although it can still be found in very formal speech and legal documents. Non-natives do not really need to master it.

On the contrary, in #Portuguese , Future Subjunctive is still used frequently.

#spanishlanguage