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To: Fester Chugabrew

Indicative, imperative, subjunctive, and optative are moods. Ablative and vocative are cases. None are aorist, imperfect, nor preterit.

485 posted on 03/16/2004 8:55:50 PM PST by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)

To: Doctor Stochastic

Another victim of amo, amas, amat, I see.

487 posted on 03/16/2004 9:00:12 PM PST by Right Wing Professor

To: Doctor Stochastic; Right Wing Professor

Thank you for the clarification WRT linguistic nuances. Will be backatcha on the other responses a bit later.

492 posted on 03/17/2004 4:22:50 AM PST by Fester Chugabrew

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