Re: Doing the math on who killed who

"Alan Lothian" <alanlothian@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:091020070747388473%alanlothian@xxxxxxxxxx

Also, and I speak as a wincing editist here, FW means 'who killed
whom'. Wouldn't normally complain about anyone's grammar, but

a) I am a member of the Society for the Preservation of Whom (SPW;
founded five minutes ago and open to international membership)
and

Since you are an "editist," can you account for the unexplained disappearance
of the subjunctive mood from the English used by news readers and others on
the Beeb? I find it quite startling when they replace it with the indicative;
it sounds as if the copy is written by illiterates.
--
Andrew Chaplin
SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO
(If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.)


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