Why subjunctive?

[Barbara Need]

My first reaction when I saw "between you an I" was to hear the
grammar sirens installed when I signed on to teach composition. My
second reaction was, but Larry knows what he's doing and must have
done it deliberately! :-)

Barbara

Barbara Need
Chicago (soon to be Ithaca)

On 12 Aug 2010, at 10:15 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:

>> Given the mention of hypercorrection in that paragraph, I'm
>> guessing LH was
>> employng irony.
>>
>> Bill P
>
> Um, yeah.  Context is everything, or at least something.
>
> LH
>
>>> Poster:       Jocelyn Limpert <jocelyn.limpert at GMAIL.COM>
>>> Subject:      Re: Why subjunctive?
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>>>
>>> "between you and I"?  not "me"?

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