Re: grammar

[Jon Olson <jeo3@psu.edu>]

At 03:44 PM 5/4/98 -0500, you wrote:
[snip]  If a writer remembers there is>a "if/were" rule, for example, he or
she wouldn't be able to find it in>most handbooks unless the writer knew
the term "subjunctive."  Not many>people outside of English departments
(and quite a few inside English>departments) do know that term.[snip],
my>Great-Aunt Betty, a strict grammarian, [snip]
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Libby, you just reminded me of Betty Azar's wonderful grammar books which
have things like "if/were" in the table of contents instead of things like
"subjunctive."  Makes it easy for non-meta-linguists to find things.  
Thanks to you, Libby, I'm now going to think of Azar as "Great-Aunt Betty."
--Jon, Penn State, jeo3@psu.edu