Re: Conservatives Should Boycott Bush This November

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From: Theodore Heise
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 02:52

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On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 14:15:34 -0400,
  Horace Brownbag <hbrownbag@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 16:59:03 GMT, Uncle Samuel <Stars@Stripes.USA>
> wrote:
>
>>>>>   If we were looking to import oil from Iraq
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> There are no sanctions now you gutless liar - don't play past tense.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>   If we had just 
>>
>>You're still a fucking LIAR who applied the past tense to a present 
>>tense declarative!

Damn.  There's that annoying buzzing sound again.  Max, shut the 
screen door, will ya?


> Uh... I think it's actually the optative mood, or a variant of the
> subjunctive.  
>
> The two tell tales are the conjunction 'if', and the modal verb
> 'had'....indicating it is not a past or perfect past statement.

Yeah, if only he had thought things through...

-- 
Theodore (Ted) Heise     <theo@heise.nu>     Bloomington, IN, USA

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From: Theodore Heise <theo@heise.nu>
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