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Cool site, but it's "If the Earth were 100 pixels wide, ..." http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/subjunctive-verbs-was-i-were.aspx http://grammar.quickanddirt

Cool site, but it's "If the Earth were 100 pixels wide, ..." http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/subjunctive-verbs-was-i-were.aspx http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/subjunctive-verbs-was-i... </pedantry>

acheron 13y ago
Thank you! I tweeted this link earlier and had originally copied the "was", then realized it sounded wrong and corrected it.
xefer 13y ago
It's the only time we get to use a different word to express the subjunctive mood in English.