Sujet : Re: [So help me God] -- must be in Subjunctive (mood)
De : vpaereru-unmonitored (at) *nospam* yahoo.com.invalid (Hibou)
Groupes : sci.lang alt.usage.englishDate : 24. Jul 2024, 06:07:03
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Le 23/07/2024 à 20:43, HenHanna a écrit :
On 7/23/2024 1:06 AM, Hibou wrote:
Le 22/07/2024 à 03:50, HenHanna a écrit :
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I do... (reminds me...) that
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[So help me God] -- must be in Subjunctive (mood)
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I agree it's in the subjunctive...
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there must be other common phrases that are subtle like that.
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... but I don't see how that makes it subtle.
(are you pulling a Von-Neumann on me?)
it's subtle enuf that lots of average ppl wouldnt know it.
like... [God save the Queen] is in Subjunctive (mood) [...]
Is every phrase that Joe Bloggs couldn't parse subtle?
[So help me God] -- must be in Subjunctive (mood)
Re: [So help me God] -- must be in Subjunctive (mood)
