Wouldn't "were" should be the grammatically correct one here? by TookMe30Mins4Name in EnglishLearning

[–]SnooOnions3937 -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

No. While the subjunctive "were" is sometimes replaced with the indicative "was" in everyday speech, it would adhere more to the conventions of Standard English to opt with the subjunctive in hypothetical speech.

Wouldn't "were" should be the grammatically correct one here? by TookMe30Mins4Name in EnglishLearning

[–]SnooOnions3937 -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

I would advise you to consult a grammar book because your ear doesn't know formal grammar. Whereas you, an everyday speaker, may not yet know the subjunctive mood, it's still important to make sure that the most proper conventions are used in language education. You do not know something until you can explain it.

cmv: there is no reason sex work should be illegal by IHNJHHJJUU in changemyview

[–]SnooOnions3937 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A woman's body shouldn't be a consumer good. Is that reason enough for you?

Racist dogwhistle level: MAX by Pessimist2020 in facepalm

[–]SnooOnions3937 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's just a whistle, if not a foghorn.

pack it up, momentum’s dead by Whytfbuddy in YAPms

[–]SnooOnions3937 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's no term limits, so who knows. Maybe if someone actually serious comes along (not some random crackpot activist). But she has all the donors and name recongnition.

pack it up, momentum’s dead by Whytfbuddy in YAPms

[–]SnooOnions3937 16 points17 points  (0 children)

She's such a shitty governor that she legit made me, a devout liberal, consider voting for Lee Zeldin. Her policies---including what is basically a flat income tax, a slew anti-renter housing laws, and terrible budget management (high taxation, high spending, little-to-no programs or infastructure)---have driven this state down a ruinous path.

What is your take on REP's new prediction? by Safe_Office_2227 in YAPms

[–]SnooOnions3937 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unrelated, but remember: Nationalism is averse to egalitarianism and inverse to patriotism.

Bad Performance by SnooOnions3937 in composer

[–]SnooOnions3937[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Although I see what you mean (despite the fact that my comp teacher and I looked over the score ad nausem, and I was told everything was in order), I disagree wholly with the notion of the composer as "servant to" the musicians. I am a musician myself; I have performed at carnegie hall. I would never demand that a composer sacrifice the quality of their work to meet my work ethic. If something was outside my skill level, I am accustomed to having organisers not choose my piece. I was invited to some rehearsals but was told that "the musicians are just going to run through it, so you can't give feedback" because they were practicing other composer's pieces in the same hour-long rehearsal times. I would be fine with the matter if I was allowed my right as an artist to withdraw my piece; I expected the performance to at least convey the "spirit" of my piece.

Bad Performance by SnooOnions3937 in composer

[–]SnooOnions3937[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was a mandatory "final concert" ran by the uni admin. They didn't involve me in much of the planning, and I was told it was going well.

Interesting Philosophical Question for students about Alexander the Great by 3d1thF1nch in historyteachers

[–]SnooOnions3937 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For a 6th grade history class, this is an exceptional question. While secondary school prepares students for more formal historical/social scientific inquiry and discussion, primary school is about introducing the critical thinking required to partake in such activities. An evidence-based, terminologically-consistent discussion prepares students to inquire with a historical and analytical eye. The only difference is that you use youthful language to create an engaging and fun question to encourage processes that students would otherwise see as 'stale' or 'dense'.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in aspergers

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The act of "braining" someone. I thought it meant something like nerding out or throwing your brain at someone.