Steve Henningsgard
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Haha, I got him, I got him!!Apologies have been given in good faith guys, let's leave at that.
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Just to be pedantic, "didn't" is probably about equally correct here. It isn't describing you in the past tense. It is describing the action (caring) in the past subjunctive and saying that if that action (caring) had not been true at one time in the past, the current action (defending) would not be continuing to occur now.
That said, from a purely stylistic parallelism POV, I agree with you. It should probably have been the present subjunctive "don't" instead of the past subjunctive. That doesn't mean it is incorrect, though, IMHO.
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Steve Henningsgard
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Be honest: how much time did you spend reading and re-reading that post to make sure there were no errors?Just to be pedantic, "didn't" is probably about equally correct here. It isn't describing you in the past tense. It is describing the action (caring) in the past subjunctive and saying that if that action (caring) had not been true at one time in the past, the current action (defending) would not be continuing to occur now.
That said, from a purely stylistic parallelism POV, I agree with you. It should probably have been the present subjunctive "don't" instead of the past subjunctive. That doesn't mean it is incorrect, though, IMHO.
Steve Henningsgard
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muttley600
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You boys have way too much time on your hands. I didn't start this spellfest and I also declared that I can't spell to save my life. I do do grammar tho!!!
Anyway as I said, apologies offered and accepted I'd prefer to leave it at that.
dgatwood, I stand by don't , I still don't give a.......well you get the point.
Anyway as I said, apologies offered and accepted I'd prefer to leave it at that.
dgatwood, I stand by don't , I still don't give a.......well you get the point.
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