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  1. Re:The subjunctive by datacide · · Score: 1 · on What If Yahoo Was Acquired?

    Well, Hemos could be just realizing the possibility of an acquisition and asking if it has already taken place. :-/

    (However alive or dead the subjunctive construction may be, if the term baffles you, it's never too late for a brief lesson or two.)

  2. Re:The subjunctive by datacide · · Score: 1 · on What If Yahoo Was Acquired?

    Well, Hemos could be just realizing the possibility of an acquisition and asking if it has already taken place. :-/

    (However alive or dead the subjunctive construction may be, if the term baffles you, it's never too late for a brief lesson or two.)

  3. Re:Mustard? by Zico · · Score: 1 · on Say Goodbye To The Netpliance i-opener

    It is "cut the muster" not "mustard"

    Nope, mustard is the correct word.


    Cheers,

  4. Re:Why so late? by Phil+Gregory · · Score: 1 · on Enigma-like Device Patent Granted - 67 Years Later

    Yes, but according to the alt.usage.english FAQ, the sense in which the original poster used it is currently the more common usage.


    --Phil (Estimations on the number of people jumping off bridges together is left as an exercise for the reader.)