tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892545645190421359.post7239881610091612128..comments2023-04-02T02:12:51.977-05:00Comments on The Slacktiverse: "Long live the- wait. Why is it 'live'?" --- Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the subjunctiveAnaMardollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16373985132003210358noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892545645190421359.post-43097983233719584562012-10-18T06:12:14.638-05:002012-10-18T06:12:14.638-05:00You're welcome.
And just to make things perfe...You're welcome.<br /><br />And just to make things perfectly clear, when I say the poets say things better, I mean "better than I can say them," only.Amaryllisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892545645190421359.post-56261422208465763622012-10-17T20:35:31.756-05:002012-10-17T20:35:31.756-05:00Yay! I missed Amaryllis-posted poetry. This is sta...Yay! I missed Amaryllis-posted poetry. This is starting to feel like the Slacktiverse already!Froborrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08782366056731381450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892545645190421359.post-34844758440271669302012-10-17T20:11:10.352-05:002012-10-17T20:11:10.352-05:00That was beautiful.
Thank you for sharing it.That was beautiful.<br /><br />Thank you for sharing it.chris the cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892545645190421359.post-87086922196758767492012-10-17T19:27:16.429-05:002012-10-17T19:27:16.429-05:00In the future tense both words mean something has ...<i>In the future tense both words mean something has the potential to happen, but might means it's less likely than may.</i><br /><br />Wish I may, wish I might, have the wish I wish tonight, but I don't think it's very likely at all.<br /><br /><br />As for the subjunctive, I guess my first comment on the new site (may it live long and prosper) will be a quote, just like the old site. Because the poets always said it better.<br /><br />Oh, the Subjunctive,<br />May it make its bold return!<br />May it ride back proud<br />In liveried coach,<br />May its two fine horses snort<br />And paw the ground,<br />And, escorted by its staunch<br />Attendants If and Whether,<br />May it descend in velvet cloak<br />And black-gloved hand<br />The lacquered steps of hope<br />And happenstance.<br />May it fix upon us its deep<br />Uncertain gaze!<br />I shall be there to greet it<br />Though my company<br />Be small and moody.<br />I shall beg it stay<br />And may its presence give<br />Some respite from the steely glare<br />Of Indicative, a mantle to shield us<br />From Passive's clammy chill.<br />May it light again the land<br />Between the world that was<br />And is, and that which still might be,<br />And may we tread again desire's<br />Leaf-dappled path<br />Of possibility. <br /><br />- Tamara MadisonAmaryllisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892545645190421359.post-15638211097728263022012-10-16T20:35:59.383-05:002012-10-16T20:35:59.383-05:00(I'm sorry, I absolutely could not help myself...<i>(I'm sorry, I absolutely could not help myself. But I did appreciate the grammar reminder, and were I a better sort of person, I might have resisted the urge to make vile puns).</i><br /><br />Actually, I feel a little better knowing that I wasn't the only one with the vile pun in my head.chris the cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892545645190421359.post-76217327389014223582012-10-16T20:31:48.224-05:002012-10-16T20:31:48.224-05:00So, in fact, with regard to your last few sentence...So, in fact, with regard to your last few sentences, you are saying that 'might' makes right?<br /><br />(I'm sorry, I absolutely could not help myself. But I did appreciate the grammar reminder, and were I a better sort of person, I might have resisted the urge to make vile puns).<br />Catherinehttp://catescates.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892545645190421359.post-2166754451759491652012-10-16T10:31:58.935-05:002012-10-16T10:31:58.935-05:00"I said it three times, it must be true."..."I said it three times, it must be true."<br /><br />I see what you did there.Froborrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08782366056731381450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892545645190421359.post-31033447332611665682012-10-16T10:27:45.903-05:002012-10-16T10:27:45.903-05:00My understanding of aorist, as taught in the UK in...My understanding of aorist, as taught in the UK in the mid 1980s, is purely as a tense: the form "I went", as opposed to "I was going" (imperfect) or "I have gone" (perfect). Thanks for expanding this...Firedrakenoreply@blogger.com