Strictly about photography. . . Reminds me of the photographer who visited Boston and asked the taxi driver "Where I might have scrod." The driver replied, "That's the first time I've heard that using the pluperfect subjunctive."
On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 9:13 AM, <klausknuthmail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Nothing better than a solid half-education. Thanks! 8-)
On Jan 21, 2014, at 4:42 AM, Dan Mitchell <danmdan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 21 Jan 2014, at 04:01, List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> someone wrote:
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>>>> If I was a botanist I would probably object to the title: Almonds are not nuts, they are fruits.
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> And if I were a linguist I would have written - "If I were a botanist ----" >>>>>>> subjunctive tense; I am surprised the purists did not spot that !
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> But oh dear, there I go straying into another non-photographic subject; sorry guys ! :-)
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