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Subject: Usage question - subjunctive mood? (WAS: anyone looking for a writer?)
I hope this isn't considered too off topic.
Perhaps things have changed as our American English language devolves all
around us, but ... might we not better say if I WERE looking rather than if
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Subject: Usage question - subjunctive mood? (WAS: anyone looking for a writer?)
I hope this isn’t considered too “off topic”.
Perhaps things have changed as our American English language devolves all
around us, but … might we not better say
On 2013-Apr-07 11:34 AM, VLM TechSubs wrote:
I hope this isn’t considered too “off topic”.
Perhaps things have changed as our American English language devolves
all around us, but … might we not better say “if I WERE looking” rather
than “if I WAS looking”? That is, is this not an untrue
Jeremy Griffith wrote:
And thus, to avoid being hifalutin' , we return to the original Tech
Writers' Motto, which I had on my office wall in 1960:
Cacography Did Cheap
;-)
I have to admit that I had to look up the meaning of cacography ... :)
And, as a result, would re-word the motto as
M TechSubs
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Subject: Usage question - subjunctive mood? (WAS: anyone looking for a writer?)
I hope this isn't considered too "off topic".
Perhaps things have changed as our American English language devolves all
around us, but ... might
On 2013-Apr-07 11:34 AM, VLM TechSubs wrote:
> I hope this isn?t considered too ?off topic?.
>
> Perhaps things have changed as our American English language devolves
> all around us, but ? might we not better say ?if I WERE looking? rather
> than ?if I WAS looking?? That is, is this not an untrue
Jeremy Griffith wrote:
> And thus, to avoid being "hifalutin' ", we return to the original Tech
> Writers' Motto, which I had on my office wall in 1960:
> "Cacography Did Cheap"
> ;-)
I have to admit that I had to look up the meaning of "cacography" ... :)
And, as a result, would re-word the
be appropriate based on that constraint.
Tim
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I hope this isn't considered too off topic.
Perhaps things have changed as our American English language devolves all
around us, but . might we not better say if I WERE
looking rather than if I WAS looking? That is, is this not an untrue
condition or wish, therefore correctly expressed in the
I would certainly look to this list as a source of candidates for the
highly specialized skill of technical documentation in FrameMaker.
As for the use of the subjunctive, it is now and has always been the case
that while correct usage has many advantages it can sound hifalutin' .
You must
Mostly lurker here, but, yes, you are correct, at least as far as American
Standard English is (er, was?) concerned.
On 7Apr2013, at 10:34 AM, VLM TechSubs wrote:
I hope this isn’t considered too “off topic”.
Perhaps things have changed as our American English language devolves all
On Sun, 7 Apr 2013 12:07:55 -0400, John Sgammato john.sgamm...@actifio.com
wrote:
As for the use of the subjunctive, it is now and has always been the case
that while correct usage has many advantages it can sound hifalutin' .
You must consider the consumers of your information product, and the
I hope this isn't considered too "off topic".
Perhaps things have changed as our American English language devolves all
around us, but . might we not better say "if I WERE
looking" rather than "if I WAS looking"? That is, is this not an untrue
condition or wish, therefore correctly expressed
I would certainly look to this list as a source of candidates for the
highly specialized skill of technical documentation in FrameMaker.
As for the use of the subjunctive, it is now and has always been the case
that while correct usage has many advantages it can sound "hifalutin' ".
You must
Mostly lurker here, but, yes, you are correct, at least as far as American
Standard English is (er, was?) concerned.
On 7Apr2013, at 10:34 AM, VLM TechSubs wrote:
> I hope this isn?t considered too ?off topic?.
>
> Perhaps things have changed as our American English language devolves all
>
On Sun, 7 Apr 2013 12:07:55 -0400, John Sgammato
wrote:
>As for the use of the subjunctive, it is now and has always been the case
>that while correct usage has many advantages it can sound "hifalutin' ".
>You must consider the consumers of your information product, and the SMEs
>you rely upon.
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Subject: Usage question - subjunctive mood? (WAS: anyone looking for a writer?)
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Perhaps things have changed as our American Englis
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