[Gllug] plurals

[Jack Bertram]

* Pete Ryland <pdr at pdr.cx> [030619 20:26]:
> Nowadays, the subjunctive form is the same as the past, so we would now
> write:
> 
> If he delighted in him, let him deliver him.
> 
> Just like:
> 
> If I was going to the shops, I'd bring you back some chocolate.

This isn't a subjunctive.  There's a difference in meaning between this
phrase and the equivalent with "were".  With "was", the sentence means 

"I'm not going to the shop, so I'm not going to bring you back any
chocolate"

whereas with "were", it means

"Hypothetically speaking, if I were going to the shops, of course I'd
bring you back some chocolate"

jack

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