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re: If I Wasn't Jewish, Arkansas Would be my Second Favorite Team.
Posted on 9/2/13 at 8:58 pm to mizzoukills
Posted on 9/2/13 at 8:58 pm to mizzoukills
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I don't know, Slip. I mean, I just don't know....
That goes without saying, killz. Goes without saying...
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Posted on 9/2/13 at 8:59 pm to mizzoukills
If I wasn't German, I wouldn't have an unbearable urge to set this thread on fire.
Posted on 9/2/13 at 9:01 pm to Slippery Slope
Slip,
We'll agree to disagree.
So, to answer your question, there's nothing wrong with If I wasn't Jewish, Arkansas would be my second favorite team and for many native speakers it will be the natural construction to use.
We'll agree to disagree.
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This use of were is highly exceptional: there is no other verb in the language where the modal remoteness meaning is expressed by a different inflectional form from the past meaning. The irrealis mood form is unique to be, and limited to the 1st and 3rd person singular. It is an untidy relic of an earlier system, and some speakers usually, if not always, use preterite was instead
So, to answer your question, there's nothing wrong with If I wasn't Jewish, Arkansas would be my second favorite team and for many native speakers it will be the natural construction to use.
This post was edited on 9/2/13 at 9:04 pm
Posted on 9/2/13 at 9:02 pm to mizzoukills
make sure you kill your meth lab neighbor if he cooked any product yesterday.
basing any lifes decisions off of the rampant stupidity found in the Old Testament in particular Leviticus is a monumental fail
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basing any lifes decisions off of the rampant stupidity found in the Old Testament in particular Leviticus is a monumental fail
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This post was edited on 9/2/13 at 9:04 pm
Posted on 9/2/13 at 9:04 pm to Cruiserhog
Leviticus is the most important book of the Hebrew Bible
Posted on 9/2/13 at 9:12 pm to mizzoukills
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Good luck! You'll like Columbia
I've been once before and was impressed with the "scenery." I should know by November.
Posted on 9/2/13 at 9:29 pm to Pigimus Prime
Two words: Golden Girls
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