Golly, Patrick, you mean subjunctivitis? Awful, isn't it?
Best
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Mc Manus" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: Poem for Colin
> I had a subjunctive once davey-very nasty too!!
> P
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry and
> poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Bircumshaw
> Sent: 09 May 2006 12:37
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Poem for Colin
>
> My mate Colin just had a holiday from hell in exotic Lincolnshire, I'll
> spare you all the nitty details but below is a very short verse summary
> (there was worse for him when he came back but I've excluded that) Here
> goes:
>
> A Postcard from Skegness
>
> Got bored stiff. Then came the diarrhoea.
> Can't sleep. Wish it was you that was here.
>
>
> (the grammatically incorrect absence of the subjunctive in the final
> sentence is deliberate as it's a-written in the colloquial)
>
> Dave
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