Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 04:34:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org> To: Jay Nelson <noslenj@swbell.net> Cc: Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSDCon East Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10004120433420.16153-100000@moo.sysabend.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10004111748190.473-100000@acp.swbell.net>
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On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Jay Nelson wrote: :On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Brad Knowles wrote: : :>At 12:56 PM -0500 2000/4/11, David Scheidt wrote: :> :>> I agree with most of this. English syntax is decidedly odd. The :>> construction "Would that Y X", though, is perfectly normal subjunctive :>> usage. Nevermind that, were I to quiz my cow-orkers, 80% of them wouldn't :>> know that. :> :> You want that I should quiz my cow-orkers over here? ;-) : :I don't know about there, but, here in Texas, most folks called that :would be insulted. That's kind of the point. Jamie Bowden -- "Of course, that's sort of like asking how other than Marketing, Microsoft is different from any other software company..." Kenneth G. Cavness To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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