Past Subjunctive

[Jonathan Lighter]

What if Shakespeare didn't write Shakespeare?

That's a separate question.

JL

On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> At 7/4/2012 06:10 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:
> >... Compare also "(What) if Shakespeare didn't write Shakespeare",
> >which might be uttered by an Oxonian, vs. "(What) if Shakespeare
> >hadn't written Shakespeare", as uttered by a counterfactual historian.
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> What if Shakspere hadn't written Shakespeare?
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> Joel
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