Date:  Tue, 10 Oct 1995 11:57:19 -0700

From:  "Joseph B. Monda" <monda[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]SEATTLEU.EDU>

Subject: Re: as it were



I believe it's the REAL Mc Coy.

Joseph B. Monda   email: monda[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]seattleu.edu

           smail: English Department Seattle University

               Seattle WA 98122 (206) 296-5425







On Tue, 10 Oct 1995, Kathleen M. O'Neill wrote:



> I believe it's NEAL McCoy. :-)

>

> --Kate

>

> >> I have heard the phrase, "as it were," such as, "The ball was round, as it

> >> were." The question I have, though, stems from the use of the plural

> >> past tense "were." If it were to be "grammatically" correct, would that

> >> not be "as it was"? Or is this a regional type of thing? Just a thought!

> >

> >if i were you, i'd check out "subjunctive mood" in a handbook of

> >english. then again, when i look it up in _the modern writer's

> >handbook_, i see, "the subjunctive mood is falling into disuse." witness

> >dilbert mccoy's current hit (country song), "if i was a drinkin' man."

> >

> >sylvia swift

> >madonna[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]violet.berkeley.edu

> >

>