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Old 06-17-2008, 05:00 PM   #44 (permalink)
deafskeptic
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I find it hard to believe that subjunctives in the English language is going the way of the dodo as it's hard for me to imagine the English language without them.

I can't imagine people not saying things like "If he were to become terminally ill, who would replace him?" Other examples: "Yesterday I asked that the papers be turned in; why weren't they turned in?" "Come friday, I'm driving straight to the beach."
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