dphile@lemm.ee to cats@lemmy.world · edit-28 months agoShould I be concerned?i.imgur.comimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1421arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1415arrow-down1imageShould I be concerned?i.imgur.comdphile@lemm.ee to cats@lemmy.world · edit-28 months agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTardisBeaker@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·9 months 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-up4·9 months ago“Were” is subjunctive in that sentence, not plural.
minus-squareLudwig van Beethoven@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoExactly. As in “if I were you”.
minus-squarebleistift2@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-29 months ago subject - verb agreement in your sticker Could you elaborate what you mean by that? Should it be “was flat”?
minus-squaremarron12@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months 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.