Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richard Heathfield Newsgroups: sci.lang,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: [So help me God] -- must be in Subjunctive (mood) Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 21:35:11 +0100 Organization: Fix this later Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 22:35:12 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="2ce11a24d6b1f3da5e15f4326ae1c27b"; logging-data="1436951"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18P3AH8leBJI97g5mod7vFrjqFhfLkx9Few+rpvylfY3Q==" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:QVxAzsjuZCssBmUV3zLh1muskFQ= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-GB Bytes: 1863 On 23/07/2024 07:45, John Armstrong wrote: > On 22/07/2024 12:38, Chris Elvidge wrote: >> On 22/07/2024 at 09:05, John Armstrong wrote: >>> On 22/07/2024 03:50, HenHanna wrote: >>>> I do...   (reminds me...)  that >>>> >>>> [So help me God]  -- must be in Subjunctive (mood) >>>> >>>> >>>> there must be other common phrases that are subtle  like that. >>> >>> Imperative mood, surely. >> >> Actually "subjective mood". >> >> > Never heard of that. You've made it up. And then there's "husband mood" - ONE mood, ALL the damn time. -- Richard Heathfield Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk "Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999 Sig line 4 vacant - apply within