Re: Spelling WASRe: Optimum number of symbols, though mostly talking about french now
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, May 24, 2002, 20:40 |
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En réponse à "Douglas Koller, Latin & French" <latinfrench@...>:
> >D'accord...
> >Est-ce que je suis le seul anglophone qui croit que
> >l'orthographe francaise est plus facile que
> >l'orthographe anglaise?
> >
> >Clint
>
> Peut-être que je suis trop conservateur, mais moi, j'écrirais: Est-ce
> que je suis le seul anglophone qui *croie*.....
>
Well, both sound possible to me, I just can't rule out whether the indicative
or the subjunctive mood. The subjunctive mood gives to me the impression of a
more doubtful opinion, but it may be just me. IIRC even in grammars both
alternatives are allowed. And indeed it seems that the subjunctive is the most
ancient use, and is progressively abandoned in favor of the indicative (the
French subjunctive is not much in favor in the French language. It's probably
due to the fact that its forms are not distinctive from the indicative ones for
many verbs any more).
Christophe.
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