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To: RonDog
I don't like it when Ann reasons from a false hypothesis!

ML/NJ

16 posted on 12/08/2007 3:27:15 PM PST by ml/nj
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To: ml/nj
I don't like it when Ann reasons from a false hypothesis!

Heh. You'll like it AND you'll buy it, mister!

Happy Birthday to a Great American!

-Joan

18 posted on 12/08/2007 3:32:09 PM PST by JoanVarga ("¿Por qué no te callas?")
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To: ml/nj
I don't like it when Ann reasons from a false hypothesis!
Nah. She is just using the SUBJUNCTIVE mood...

From www.drgrammar.org:

Subjunctive? If I were a rich man...
"The subjunctive mood expresses something that is contrary to fact, that is conditional, hypothetical, or purely imaginative...
i.e., "If Democrats Had Brains..."
21 posted on 12/08/2007 4:04:51 PM PST by RonDog
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