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   Hi, Alexander!  Recently you wrote in a message to Alan Ianson:   
      
   >>>  If this was you, you're all set!   
      
   AK>  I just thought that the rule should follow from the rule   
   AK>  "I was, you were, he was"...   
      
      
              Ah.  While the use of "if" does add a layer of complexity here, the   
   issue appears to be more about pattern recognition.   
      
              When you knock on somebody's door & they ask "Who's there?" you can   
   answer (formally) "It is I" or (informally) "It's me" as long as they know you   
   well enough to recognize your voice.  Although Yahoo can't hear your voice, it   
   can use other means to let you know what's going on in case somebody is trying   
   to impersonate you.  If all is well, no reply is necessary.   
      
              When I drop something in the kitchen & Dallas... who is in the next   
   room... asks "Was that you?" he's doing much the same thing.  He knows from my   
   response whether or not to grab his cell phone & prepare to call 911.  :-))   
      
              Yahoo is using the sort of informal English native speakers tend to   
   use with family & friends when Miss Stickler can't hear them.  Another example   
   may be seen &/or heard in one of our favourite short stories, THE DAY DAD MADE   
   TOAST.  When Dad asks Mom "Where are the big blue plates?" she replies "In the   
   dishwasher."  Robin Williams does quite a nice job with it on YouTube....  :-)   
      
              In its entirety, Yahoo's message is a two-part question:  "Somebody   
   tried to gain access to your account using [blah blah]... was that you?"  IMHO   
   the response Yahoo anticipates is "Yes, it was me" or "No, it wasn't me".  :-Q   
      
      
      
      
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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