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To: Mr. Brightside

May I have the honor of presenting you with the Internet Grammar Award for numeric agreement of subject and predicate?

I want to scream every time I see or hear the cliche, “If I were . . .” :)


36 posted on 02/28/2008 8:53:31 PM PST by sig226 (If we took the bones out it wouldn't be crunchy.)
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To: sig226
May I have the honor of presenting you with the Internet Grammar Award for numeric agreement of subject and predicate?

I want to scream every time I see or hear the cliche, “If I were . . .” :)

You probably need to go study a little more grammar before you scream. "If I were..." is a subjunctive and is correct. "If I was..." is incorrect, although it is becoming accepted due to common misuse.

42 posted on 02/28/2008 9:31:00 PM PST by jammer
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