XPost: alt.usage.english
From: rjh@cpax.org.uk

On 23/07/2024 07:45, John Armstrong wrote:
> On 22/07/2024 12:38, Chris Elvidge wrote:
>> On 22/07/2024 at 09:05, John Armstrong wrote:
>>> On 22/07/2024 03:50, HenHanna wrote:
>>>> I do...   (reminds me...)  that
>>>>
>>>> [So help me God]  -- must be in Subjunctive (mood)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> there must be other common phrases that are subtle  like that.
>>>
>>> Imperative mood, surely.
>>
>> Actually "subjective mood".
>>
>>
> Never heard of that. You've made it up.

And then there's "husband mood" - ONE mood, ALL the damn time.

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