Orange juice and the subjunctive mood
Submitted by MaeveEnRoute on Mon, 12/20/2004 - 5:33am. Beautiful
"[My TA] brings orange juice to section; otherwise I'd wish he was dead."
- Harvard student

"Put down 'were' so I don't look stupid."
- same Harvard student, upon noticing that I was writing down her quote
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Cool points
Posted by Jon on Mon, 12/20/2004 - 10:29am.
I bestow unto thee 2 cool points for such a wonderful title, and of course for identifying the subjunctive. :)
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Oh, thanks! In the interest
Posted by MaeveEnRoute on Mon, 12/20/2004 - 5:17pm.
Oh, thanks! In the interest of full disclosure, though, I have to admit that I'm a linguistics major and would be hung, drawn and quartered (and possibly boiled in lead) for not knowing my subjunctive.

Do I get to keep the cool points anyway? :c)
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I thought it was "hanged"
Posted by blackunicorn on Thu, 01/27/2005 - 8:42pm.
I thought it was "hanged"

...but you're the linguistics major, so now you have me doubting.
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Extra cool
Posted by Jon on Tue, 12/21/2004 - 9:26am.
As a Latin major, your disclosure is accepted. Hurrah for honesty!
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