Quote Originally Posted by Geonz View Post
Yea, the "if it were" is the proper use of the subjunctive :P

(I really came here to post that I was seized by an impulse to correct a poster last Friday here at the college... in faint pencil... and this morning it was changed - and it was parallel structure, not even a grammatical error! Still, if five of your headings are "do this," "do that," File your nails," "Walk your dog," it is grating to read "making lists" in the middle of it. )
I had to walk out of a conference presentation yesterday, because the presenter kept saying blah blah blah a child blah blah their feelings blah blah... and I just couldn't take it.