If There Is A God

[tarzan]

we have a winner
so the unofficial title will now be
If God had an internet connection this would be it
schools out

[J'Pol]

Originally posted by TheDave@15 October 2003 - 22:07
what about "if god did be there and e' liked me and stuff?"

I have to say this is my particular favourite. Clear and succinct, with no extraneous material.

I congratulate you sir. You are indeed a wordsmith.

I take it you are also an expert public speaker. A master orator as it were.

[TheDave]

Originally posted by JPaul+15 October 2003 - 21:13--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (JPaul @ 15 October 2003 - 21:13)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-TheDave@15 October 2003 - 22:07
what about "if god did be there and e&#39; liked me and stuff?"

I have to say this is my particular favourite. Clear and succinct, with no extraneous material.

I congratulate you sir. You are indeed a wordsmith.

I take it you are also an expert public speaker. A master orator as it were. [/b][/quote]
john prescotts my idol

[J'Pol]

Originally posted by TheDave+15 October 2003 - 22:21--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (TheDave @ 15 October 2003 - 22:21)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Originally posted by JPaul@15 October 2003 - 21:13
<!--QuoteBegin-TheDave

@15 October 2003 - 22:07
what about "if god did be there and e&#39; liked me and stuff?"

I have to say this is my particular favourite. Clear and succinct, with no extraneous material.

I congratulate you sir. You are indeed a wordsmith.

I take it you are also an expert public speaker. A master orator as it were.

john prescotts my idol [/b][/quote]
Use your spellchecker. It&#39;s idle.

Good old 2 Jags. His right hook is pi&#036;h as well.

[XtAsY]

Originally posted by tarzan@15 October 2003 - 20:03
He would give me this right now

that shit is fuckin crazy.... excuse the language

[hobbes]

Originally posted by Dark Side@15 October 2003 - 21:30
If there WAS a God.

Learn English.

It is actually:

"If there WERE a God."


So maybe you can learn it with him and Google the term "subjunctive"

[J'Pol]

Hobbes,

Enlighten me, I am fascinated.

What is wrong with "If there is a God .... ".

Or my preference "If God exists .... ".

[hobbes]

Originally posted by JPaul@16 October 2003 - 02:52
Hobbes,

Enlighten me, I am fascinated.

What is wrong with "If there is a God .... ".

Or my preference "If God exists .... ".

You are posting something contrary to known fact, implied by the question itself, so you must use the "subjunctive mood"


Source

subjunctive as:

adj. 2. in grammar, designating or of that mood of a verb used to express condition, hypothesis, contingency, possibility, etc., rather than to state an actual fact: distinguished from imperative, indicative.
n. a verb in the subjunctive mood; specifically, the subjunctive mood.

Few things annoy me more than to hear, “If I was you ...” Most who actually know that there exists a verbal mood called the subjunctive agree that it appears to be vanishing in common usage. Earlier in the twentieth century, grammarians and linguists proclaimed the subjunctive&#39;s death and argued that this was no big loss, as its historical role in English had been weak and inconsistent; some even went so far as to say that in Modern English its usage is “pretentious”. The fools &#33; The subjunctive mood is a beautiful and valuable component of the English language, and instead of dying out, it actually is enjoying a subtle revival.

I guess I got this hammered into me while learning Spanish, I had never really acknowledged it before then, and it was certainly stressed in class.

So "is" is in the "indicative" mood, a statement of fact http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/indicative

Your statements should be "If there were to be a God" and "If God were to exist" indicating the conditional nature of the statement.


I will admit to you JP that I often don&#39;t use the mood as it "sounds" wrong to the unaccustomed ear.

What do you think?

[DarthInsinuate]

Originally posted by JPaul@16 October 2003 - 01:52
Hobbes,

Enlighten me, I am fascinated.

What is wrong with "If there is a God .... ".

Or my preference "If God exists .... ".

i found the answer with the help of Microsoft Word, i entered:

&#39;If there is a God would he eat chips?&#39;

and it corrected it to:

&#39;If there were a God would he eat chips?&#39;

[TheDave]

ive seen a couple of threads change name recently. have a poll on this ones name

If there is a god

if there were a god

if there was a god

if god exists

if god did be there and e&#39; liked me and stuff

have i missed any?


its our language we choose how to use it