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| Richard Heathfield to John Armstrong |
| Re: [So help me God] -- must be in Subju |
| 23 Jul 24 21:35:11 |
XPost: alt.usage.english From: rjh@cpax.org.uk On 23/07/2024 07:45, John Armstrong wrote: > On 22/07/2024 12:38, Chris Elvidge wrote: >> On 22/07/2024 at 09:05, John Armstrong wrote: >>> On 22/07/2024 03:50, HenHanna wrote: >>>> I do... (reminds me...) that >>>> >>>> [So help me God] -- must be in Subjunctive (mood) >>>> >>>> >>>> there must be other common phrases that are subtle like that. >>> >>> Imperative mood, surely. >> >> Actually "subjective mood". >> >> > Never heard of that. You've made it up. And then there's "husband mood" - ONE mood, ALL the damn time. -- Richard Heathfield Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk "Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999 Sig line 4 vacant - apply within --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2) |
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