Only if enough viewers OBJECT to what may call "the vast wasteland of television" would the qualitiy of programming become acceptable.
Now both are correct. Only if enough viewers OBJECT to what [one] may call "the vast wasteland of television" WILL the quality of programming become acceptable.Only if enough viewers OBJECTED to what [one]may call "the vast wasteland of television" WOULD the qualitiy of programming become acceptable.
2. Language is created to confuse the non-natives. (it is a way for a group to communicate while leaving the others out - that is why language is full of idiossincracies and why there are so many different languages ).
Just my opinion on a day when I'm studiously avoiding a really boring but intense workload!
You too, huh? Sign me,Mistress of avoidance (or was that ADD?)
Just to make things more complicated: the well-known phrase "If I were a rich man..." is wrong, too. Provided there is no subjunctive mood, the correct way would be "If I be a rich man". So, the "object" in the example above is actually an infinitive.
Just to make things more complicated: the well-known phrase "If I were a rich man..." is wrong, too. Provided there is no subjunctive mood, the correct way would be "If I be a rich man". So, the "object" in the example above is actually an infinitive. "If I think this is true...""If you think this is true...""If he think this is true..."