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Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: lar3ryca <larry@invalid.ca> Newsgroups: sci.lang,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: [So help me God] -- must be in Subjunctive (mood) Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2024 20:50:20 -0600 Organization: Sedimentary Lines: 18 Message-ID: <v7n5pd$11ecv$2@dont-email.me> References: <v7khdf$fidq$1@dont-email.me> <lg6i73Flsv6U1@mid.individual.net> <v7lgb0$kjac$2@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 04:50:21 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="da1c43f5a74c350f45d51ce1b59580ce"; logging-data="1096095"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/5KvMxSWirKY3BtLMXpLu6vsqiIsd7AkU=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:mDDMFSzBMS1V+BKuZGw1thWjiZw= In-Reply-To: <v7lgb0$kjac$2@dont-email.me> Content-Language: en-CA Bytes: 1545 On 2024-07-22 05:38, 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". Wishful thinking mood, IMO. -- I read that 10 out of two people are dyslexic.