[Gllug] plurals

[Peter Ball]

On 20 Jun 2003 at 13:12, Dylan wrote:

...

> > > Just to be fair - I should mention that I am a theoretical
> > > linguist specialising in English syntax and morphology. Sorry.
> >
> > Do you have something you can look this up in then?
> 
> Not directly to hand, but yes. The existance or otherwise of
> subjunctive in current (British) English is hotly debated. "The
> Comprehensive Grammar of The English Language" by Quirk et al. is a
> primary reference for the state of usage in 1983, but it can be quite
> obtuse in places.

Just like this conversation then :-)

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