Would you refer me to a rule that could explain this or should I understand it as an exception specific to the word "inevitable"? I doubt if anyone knows a set of rules for splitting every.

That's a good question. Without trying to think of examples, my first instinct would be to say that no, it doesn't take subjunctive, since subjunctive is reserved for speculation, hypothesis,.

Hi, there. Here the sentence goes: Success always seems as[1] inevitable in retrospect as [2] it is elusive when sought. What do as[1] and as[2] mean in the sentence, please? I am quite.

Understanding the Context

Is there an idiom that means "it was something inevitable"? I am not sure if it's the case, but there's this idiom, it was something like "this was ought to happen", but it was an actual idiom instead of just a.

Having looked at old threads, I see this impersonal expression takes the subjunctive but can someone explain why, if you believe it inevitable and therefore you believe it be certain, does es.

"Inevitable" is an adjective, so you can say "...and this is inevitable". Putting "almost" in front of it would make it slightly less inevitable, less certainly inevitable.

Both inevitable and ineluctable are words in the dictionary that mean something is impossible to avoid. So do we use them in a same or different context?

Key Insights

When we use "inevitable" as an adjective to describe a person, what does it mean? Like in this sentence: "He is big and inevitable as a tree". Does it still mean "unavoided"?

"Pain is inevitable" is not the same thing as "suffering is optional". Perhaps you meant "Suffering is not optional"? If so, then perhaps dolor ineluctabilis est; but that is not my only or last.

Harry watched them go, feeling slightly uneasy. It just occurred to him that Mr and Mrs Weasley would want to know how Fred and George were financing their joke shop business when, as was inevitable,