Irrational HatredPeople who say "less" when they mean "fewer" ought to be turned into soup, the soup fed to baboons and the baboons fired into an active volcano. What has you grinding your teeth with rage, and why?
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 14:36)
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The subjunctive's dying out, most people only use it in "I wish I were..." these days.Good fucking riddance, we've got modals to add functions, there's no need for that medieval pisswimpery.
Also, as you probably realise, the purpose of the OED is to describe, not to proscribe.
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Zuowan, Fri 1 Apr 2011, 7:47,
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