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He was just giving a tip. Your "smug satisfaction" view is in your mind. I would want to know if I was misusing a word.

• saintx 11y ago
  "If I were misusing a word." Just trying to help ;-)
  • BlackJack 11y ago
    Can you elaborate? I thought 'was' is for 1st person (I) and 3rd person (he/she), and 'were' is for 2nd person (you,your, etc). Update: So I just googled around and learned that "were" is used for the subjunctive mood i.e. wishes/thoughts. Good to know!
    • Domenic_S 11y ago
      Your update is correct. Verbs have moods, which is so cool to me. An article/blog about subjunctive verbs: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/subjunctive-verbs http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/subjuncti...
• umanwizard 11y ago
  Why misusing? Language has meaning by the convention of its users -- not by the fiat of English teachers. By the consensus of informal English, "less" and "fewer" can both be used in that scenario (by definition, since lots of people do it).
• quarterto 11y ago
  Fun fact: all our perceptions of other people's emotion is "in our mind". Doesn't make the perception invalid.