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To: Edwarda who wrote (2145)3/9/1999 8:03:00 PM
From: Jack Clarke  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 4711
 
Edwarda:

I couldn't agree more about the distortion of the subjunctive mood.

I've learned to tolerate horrors such as "lay down" and "for my wife and I", but I want to scream out loud when I hear "If I would have known that...". My comments in an earlier post:

Message 3314900

Jack



To: Edwarda who wrote (2145)3/12/1999 1:59:00 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 4711
 
OK, Edwarda, be patient with me here - I think the first part of the sentence should read, "If the internal project had been finished," but isn't the second part OK?


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