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[So help me God] -- must be in Subjunctive (mood)
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HenHanna
2024-07-22 02:50:21 UTC
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[So help me God] -- must be in Subjunctive (mood)


there must be other common phrases that are subtle like that.
John Armstrong
2024-07-22 08:05:54 UTC
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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.
Chris Elvidge
2024-07-22 11:38:08 UTC
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Post by HenHanna
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".
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lar3ryca
2024-07-23 02:50:20 UTC
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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.
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John Armstrong
2024-07-23 06:45:41 UTC
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Post by John Armstrong
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.
Richard Heathfield
2024-07-23 20:35:11 UTC
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Post by John Armstrong
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.
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Antonio Marques
2024-07-22 12:27:23 UTC
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Post by John Armstrong
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.
It's subjunctive in portuguese - assim Deus me ajude - expressing a
wish/conditional, not a command.

We (pt) do use the subjunctive as an imperative for other persons than
etymological 2nd, but I don't think this (eng) is such a case. Not because
it's God. 'So the weather allow' wouldn't be a command either.
Hibou
2024-07-23 08:06:47 UTC
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I do...   (reminds me...)  that
[So help me God]  -- must be in Subjunctive (mood)
I agree it's in the subjunctive...
there must be other common phrases that are subtle  like that.
... but I don't see how that makes it subtle.
HenHanna
2024-07-23 19:43:39 UTC
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Post by Hibou
I do...   (reminds me...)  that
[So help me God]  -- must be in Subjunctive (mood)
I agree it's in the subjunctive...
there must be other common phrases that are subtle  like that.
... but I don't see how that makes it subtle.
(are you pulling a Von-Neumann on me?)


it's subtle enuf that lots of average ppl wouldnt know it.

like... [God save the Queen] is in Subjunctive (mood)


DV (Deo Volente) --- Volente is (in) present participle ?
Hibou
2024-07-24 05:07:03 UTC
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Post by Hibou
I do...   (reminds me...)  that
[So help me God]  -- must be in Subjunctive (mood)
I agree it's in the subjunctive...
there must be other common phrases that are subtle  like that.
... but I don't see how that makes it subtle.
           (are you pulling a Von-Neumann on me?)
it's subtle enuf that lots of average ppl wouldnt know it.
like...  [God save the Queen]  is in Subjunctive (mood) [...]
Is every phrase that Joe Bloggs couldn't parse subtle?

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