dphile@lemm.ee to cats@lemmy.world · edit-211 months agoShould I be concerned?i.imgur.comimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1436arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1431arrow-down1imageShould I be concerned?i.imgur.comdphile@lemm.ee to cats@lemmy.world · edit-211 months agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTardisBeaker@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoHmmm they’d really like more space up there, so probably. And also you should be concerned about the subject - verb agreement in your sticker.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year ago“Were” is subjunctive in that sentence, not plural.
minus-squareLudwig van Beethoven@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoExactly. As in “if I were you”.
minus-squarebleistift2@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year ago subject - verb agreement in your sticker Could you elaborate what you mean by that? Should it be “was flat”?
minus-squaremarron12@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoIt’s subjunctive, so “were” is technically correct. But it’s super duper common for people to use “was” instead.
Hmmm they’d really like more space up there, so probably. And also you should be concerned about the subject - verb agreement in your sticker.
“Were” is subjunctive in that sentence, not plural.
Exactly. As in “if I were you”.
Could you elaborate what you mean by that? Should it be “was flat”?
It’s subjunctive, so “were” is technically correct. But it’s super duper common for people to use “was” instead.