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  1. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!destroyer!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.columbia.edu!cunixa.cc.columbia.edu!gmw1
  3. From: gmw1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Gabe M Wiener)
  4. Subject: Re: "need"
  5. Message-ID: <1992Jul24.160442.20692@news.columbia.edu>
  6. Sender: usenet@news.columbia.edu (The Network News)
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: cunixa.cc.columbia.edu
  8. Reply-To: gmw1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Gabe M Wiener)
  9. Organization: Columbia University
  10. References: <1992Jul24.143946.29548@news.eng.convex.com>
  11. Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 16:04:42 GMT
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  14. In article <1992Jul24.143946.29548@news.eng.convex.com> tchrist@convex.com (Tom Christiansen) writes:
  15. >How come people use "need" instead of "needs" sometimes:
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  17. It's just a standard use of the subjunctive, in this case a contrary-to-fact
  18. because all the cases discussed are hpothetical.
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  22. Gabe Wiener - Columbia Univ.     "This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings 
  23. gmw1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu       to be seriously considered as a means of 
  24. N2GPZ in ham radio circles        communication. The device is inherently of
  25. 72355,1226 on CI$                 no value to us." -Western Union memo, 1877
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