--- John Cowan <jcowan@...> wrote:
> michael poxon scripsit:
>
> > I think of Shelley's "Bird thou never wert"
> but apart from that have never
> > come across "wert".
>
> One occurrence in the KJV, at Job 8:6:
>
> If thou wert pure and upright; surely
> now he would awake for
> thee, and make the habitation of thy
> righteousness prosperous.
A good use of the past subjunctive: clearly
"thou" ain't pure and upright! ;)
Padraic.
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