Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 01:33:32 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Sean Kelly <kelly@ad1440.net> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, Daniel Harris <dannyboy@subdimension.com> Subject: Re: docs/19186: Semi-overhaul docs.html Message-ID: <20000611013332.J233@parish> In-Reply-To: <005b01bfd336$b2e96c40$6a1010ac@rosetta.zon>; from kelly@ad1440.net on Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 04:50:45PM -0700 References: <200006102340.QAA01981@freefall.freebsd.org> <005b01bfd336$b2e96c40$6a1010ac@rosetta.zon>
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On Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 04:50:45PM -0700, Sean Kelly wrote:
> > Surely "was" is correct here? "distribution" is singular, you wouldn't
> > say "if it were installed" would you?
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> Yes, I think you'd say "was." You'd say "were" even for a singular in the
> subjunctive case, but this isn't sunjunctive.
>
Re-reading it I now agree with Daniel. It says "where you would
find..." not "where you will find..." so yes, it is in the
subjunctive.
> I think.
>
> --Sean
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