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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Colour and Light: Lyrics and (grammatical) Mood
If:
- my legs were longer
- my bust was smaller
- my hands were graceful
- my waist was thinner
- my hips were flatter
- my voice was warm
Why does the copula in each line alternate between the indicative and the subjunctive mood? Grammatically, they should all read ‘were’. So what’s God playing at?
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youfoundmeonascreen reblogged this from ericalliope and added:
bwaybabs, you might be on to something. I missed that. littlepennywicker, I can appreciate that. but even highly...
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ericalliope reblogged this from bwaybabs and added:
Well Dot isn’t exactly… the most grammatically correct character? I mean, she can’t read. Ehhh.
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lessofasail said:
1) It sound less weird on average, because people who know the subjunctive mood can still parse the incorrectly typed indicative, but people who only know the indicative can’t parse the subjunctive. 2) It makes it less repetitive at least.
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