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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1811447, member: 19463&quot;]A question for the grammar police among us:&nbsp; Where do you stand on the English subjunctive?&nbsp; I was taught it was required when appropriate but that was fifty years ago.&nbsp; More recently I have heard the opinion that the &quot;Fiddler on the Roof&quot; needs to be corrected to, &quot; If I <i>was</i> a rich man.&quot;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Research when the obsession with strict spelling and grammar began and, more importantly, why.&nbsp; I never believe that speaking correctly was snobbery but there was a time when it was used more viciously than the color of the shirt collar.&nbsp;&nbsp; It has not been many weeks since we made a concerted effort here to drive off a poster notable for his particularly poor mechanics.&nbsp;&nbsp; I felt a little guilty watching but was not unhappy to see the attempts to bring culture to the heathen.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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