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Lua ([personal profile] queenlua) wrote2020-06-23 07:18 pm
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writerly whinge of the day

why is the subjunctive mood so horrible and awkward in English

"he wished he hadn't had to do this" is so interesting/beautiful in theory but sounds like such a clunker in practice

romance languages don't have this problem

UGH
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