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Subject:Re: Grammar gurus: I have a question From:"Michael West" <mbwest -at- bigpond -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Sat, 1 Nov 2008 21:29:25 +1100
> From: "Janet Swisher" ...
> The article on the subjunctive in the Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of
> English Usage (highly recommended) notes that the imminent demise of
> the subjunctive has been lamented by usage writers since the late 18th
> century, that "it has, in fact, been in decline since Old English",
> and yet that it still has not disappeared.
Surely you don't think this is an accident? My comrades and I in the
Confederation thank you for your support.
Or should I say, "Were you to support us, ... etc"?
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