I 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-subjunc

I 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..."