Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 12:56:02 -0500 (CDT) From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> To: Anatoly Vorobey <mellon@pobox.com> Cc: chat@freebsd.org, "Thomas M. Sommers" <tms2@mail.ptd.net> Subject: Re: BSDCon East Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.1000411125318.20749B-100000@shell-1.enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <20000411195029.00602@techunix.technion.ac.il>
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On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Anatoly Vorobey wrote: > There are many, many complex syntactical constructions which are > difficult for a foreigner to understand and master. Consider, for instance, > just off the top of my head, "many a X", or "Would that Y". Such 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. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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