Improving your grammar, lesson 1: Subjunctive mood

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Improving your grammar, lesson 1: Subjunctive mood

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MartyNeilan wrote: If this place was any more boring it would need a librarian.
Hey Marty,

In the spirit of "boring," your signature line uses incorrect grammar. You should use subjunctive mood. (Consult a librarian if you need assistance!) :wink:

"If this place were any more boring it would need a librarian."

http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000031.htm
http://www.bartleby.com/64/C001/061.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subjunctive_mood

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Re: Improving your grammar, lesson 1: Subjunctive mood

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Steve Inman wrote:... your signature line uses incorrect grammar. You should use subjunctive mood.
... which leads us to grammatical asymmetry -- there seems to be no matching superjunctive mood (at least I've not found any reference(s) thereto <g>). Perhaps it's called something else? (maybe something along the lines of "proton/fnord" rather than "proton/anti-proton") :lol:
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Re: Improving your grammar, lesson 1: Subjunctive mood

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Steve Inman wrote:
MartyNeilan wrote: If this place was any more boring it would need a librarian.
Hey Marty,

In the spirit of "boring," your signature line uses incorrect grammar. You should use subjunctive mood. (Consult a librarian if you need assistance!) :wink:

"If this place were any more boring it would need a librarian."

http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000031.htm
http://www.bartleby.com/64/C001/061.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subjunctive_mood

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I caught that line on an episode of "Fairly Oddparents" that the kids were watching this morning. I can't remember if it was "was" or "were" that was used, but I thought it was pretty cool and stuck it in my signature when I logged in to check my email. It WAS spoken by ubergenius Ben Stein, so I am sure whatever he said was correct.
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If it do be gittin' any more boring around here, we be needin' a libarian.
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