Date:  Thu, 12 Oct 1995 08:11:24 -0700

From:  Dan Alford <dalford[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]S1.CSUHAYWARD.EDU>

Subject: Re: If I was



On Thu, 12 Oct 1995, Donald M. Lance wrote:



> If you look at old, really old, grammar books, you'll see rules saying

> that the proper past perfect subjunctive is

>  "If I had been more careful, ... I wouldn't have muddied the waters..."



Wouldn't the really old ones have "Had I been more careful,..."?