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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!think.com!spool.mu.edu!news.nd.edu!irishvma!clindsay
  2. Date: Wednesday, 23 Dec 1992 19:45:17 EST
  3. From: <CLINDSAY@vma.cc.nd.edu>
  4. Message-ID: <92358.194517CLINDSAY@vma.cc.nd.edu>
  5. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  6. Subject: Re: An apology
  7. References:  <BzMx61.HEq@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>
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  10. I have a question unrelated to this subject line.
  11. In the sentence, "She felt someone tug her coat" what justifies
  12. the form "tug"?  Is it a subjunctive perhaps?  I note how it differs
  13. in meaning from "she felt someone tugged her coat" and "she felt
  14. somone tugging her coat" but how can "tug" be the verb of "someone"?
  15. (It's not an imperative of course: "someone tug her coat please.")
  16. Curious Al
  17.