Steve Nash Event !

Angela Miller

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You mean to tell me Andrea didn't get the invite or couldn't show up for this ?? Yes I know the twins are on the way . But what he can't leave the townhouse ? Or has he fallen so far into unimportant status that he's now completely off the radar ?? Come on Andrea you went from all over the place to MIA and just plain missing ! Claudio , Pat, and David file a missing persons report for Fks sake ! This Shit's serious !
 
You mean to tell me Andrea didn't get the invite or couldn't show up for this ?? Yes I know the twins are on the way . But what he can't leave the townhouse ? Or has he fallen so far into unimportant status that he's now completely off the radar ?? Come on Andrea you went from all over the place to MIA and just plain missing ! Claudio , Pat, and David file a missing persons report for Fks sake ! This Shit's serious !
Well, he is supposed to be recovering from an injury, so if I was the club I wouldn't let him near something like this at the moment.
 
Well, he is supposed to be recovering from an injury, so if I was the club I wouldn't let him near something like this at the moment.
Sorry to be pedantic. But it's *were. As in, if I were the club i'd offer him a locked down position in the PR group where he only did this stuff.
 
Sorry to be pedantic. But it's *were. As in, if I were the club i'd offer him a locked down position in the PR group where he only did this stuff.
More seriously though, I'm sticking with "was" in this case. Technically you're right. Was would be past indicative, for something that's true or factual, and were would be past subjunctive, something that's not real or true. So since it's a thing wished for or speculated on it'd be if I were the club. In this particular case, though, the technically correct gives ground before spoken usage. I basically said if it was me, and I would never word it as if it were I. If you were trying to say if I ruled the world would you really say if I were the king instead of if I was the king? (Also notice I began that sentence with if you were rather than if you was, but that's a different usage case, and one where you'd definitely be correct in what you're saying.)

But really, are we now discussing past subjunctive clauses vs. past indicative clauses here on the forum?

(I can just see it now, descriptivists vs prescriptivists having fistfights in the bleachers at our next match at Yankee Stadium.)
 
More seriously though, I'm sticking with "was" in this case. Technically you're right. Was would be past indicative, for something that's true or factual, and were would be past subjunctive, something that's not real or true. So since it's a thing wished for or speculated on it'd be if I were the club. In this particular case, though, the technically correct gives ground before spoken usage. I basically said if it was me, and I would never word it as if it were I. If you were trying to say if I ruled the world would you really say if I were the king instead of if I was the king? (Also notice I began that sentence with if you were rather than if you was, but that's a different usage case, and one where you'd definitely be correct in what you're saying.)

But really, are we now discussing past subjunctive clauses vs. past indicative clauses here on the forum?

(I can just see it now, descriptivists vs prescriptivists having fistfights in the bleachers at our next match at Yankee Stadium.)
Ok you two, please take this where it belongs.



To the stadium thread.
 
More seriously though, I'm sticking with "was" in this case. Technically you're right. Was would be past indicative, for something that's true or factual, and were would be past subjunctive, something that's not real or true. So since it's a thing wished for or speculated on it'd be if I were the club. In this particular case, though, the technically correct gives ground before spoken usage. I basically said if it was me, and I would never word it as if it were I. If you were trying to say if I ruled the world would you really say if I were the king instead of if I was the king? (Also notice I began that sentence with if you were rather than if you was, but that's a different usage case, and one where you'd definitely be correct in what you're saying.)

But really, are we now discussing past subjunctive clauses vs. past indicative clauses here on the forum?

(I can just see it now, descriptivists vs prescriptivists having fistfights in the bleachers at our next match at Yankee Stadium.)
If I were a total dimwit, I wouldn't appreciate the subtlety there.
 
Seth all Andrea needed to do is put on an NYCFC shirt on and Show Up to represent who the Fks paying him !!!! That's Not Asking for Shit ! WTF??? I'm starting to sound to sound like a hater ! Look at the clip Jack Harrison showed up oh and by the way David did not play ! Only Pat and Claudio !
 
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