Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 16:50:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Daniel Harris <dannyboy@subdimension.com> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/19186: Semi-overhaul docs.html Message-ID: <200006102350.QAA07423@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/19186; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Daniel Harris <dannyboy@subdimension.com> To: Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/19186: Semi-overhaul docs.html Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 19:46:21 -0400 Mark Ovens wrote: > > Surely "was" is correct here? "distribution" is singular, you wouldn't > say "if it were installed" would you? Yes, I would. It being installed is a hypothetical -- not necessarily true. It's in the subjunctive. Were is not only the past plural form of "to be" -- it's also the past subjunctive. -- Daniel Harris dannyboy@subdimension.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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