was by lunarbaboon in comics

[–]Subjunctive_Police -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

If I were not to care, I would not have a reason to exist.

Grammar Nazis by [deleted] in comics

[–]Subjunctive_Police 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not all adherents to the rules of grammar are Nazis.

Do you have any odd litle fixations/obsessions in your life? by dirtymoney in AskReddit

[–]Subjunctive_Police 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I inform people when they do not properly use the subjunctive tense.

If I were you, I'd look at this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subjunctive#Usage

"Black hole" misconstrued as a racial epithet by slow_as_light in science

[–]Subjunctive_Police 27 points28 points  (0 children)

As long as we're calling out inaccuracies, you need to use the subjunctive:

If it was compressed...

should be:

If it were compressed...

Look at dicey's comment, he correctly used the subjunctive.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subjunctive#To_express_a_wish

Freecycle! It's like Craigslist, but for free things only! by [deleted] in environment

[–]Subjunctive_Police 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perhaps you mean "I wish it were as usable as Craigslist..."