Andrew Gierth <and...@tao11.riddles.org.uk> writes:
> "Michael" == Michael Paquier <mich...@paquier.xyz> writes:
> Michael> I have noticed a typo:
> Michael> Errors, such as lack of permissions to read the directory,
> were not
> Michael> detected or reported correctly; instead the code silently
> acted as
> Michael> - though the directory were empty.
> Michael> + though the directory was empty.
> "as though ... were ..." is correct English; it's a counterfactual
> clause so the subjunctive is appropriate here.
Thanks. It's been too long since high school English, so I was having
a hard time remembering the correct grammatical term for this; but
I'd just automatically written it that way and was pretty sure it
was right.
regards, tom lane
