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I wouldn't have been surprised to learn it were already named Lingua Mathematica, and I submit that as the best reason to give it that name (and not some other)
by fusiongyro 14y ago
I wouldn't have been surprised to learn it were already named Lingua Mathematica, and I submit that as the best reason to give it that name (and not some other).
- fusiongyro 14y agoI thought the grammar might be wrong there, and it turns out, it is: http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/103916/it-were-versus-were-i-the-proper-subjunctive-for-this-statement http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/103916/it-were-ve... The corrected versions are: "I wouldn't have been surprised if it were already named Lingua Mathematica..." or "I wouldn't have been surprised to learn it was already named Lingua Mathematica..."