Thread: Chapter 1: Introduction

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Good corrections, Source. It's nice to see someone who can actually proof-read well. I will make one correction to your correction, however:

If that was all there was to it we would remember our dreams with great ease.

Should actually be:

If that were all there was to it, we would remember our dreams with great ease. (Subjunctive)

Good catch. I wasn't completely sure about that "was", and you know scary words like subjunctive so you must be right :-).

My post is too old for me to edit, but I've corrected the revision I linked to earlier.

Originally Posted by sourcejedi

...you know scary words like subjunctive so you must be right :-).

LMAO!

Yes, spreading the joy of the subjunctive is just one of my personal missions.

My biggest grammar-related pet peeve at the moment is the horrible misuse of personal pronouns that seems to have plagued almost everyone on TV.

"He told David and I a story."

Ask yourself, have you ever had a dream that [in which*] you knew you were dreaming? If you answered yes than [then*] you have experienced the uniqueness of lucidity. You may have had pinched yourself trying to wake up, or ran to do something you couldn’t in waking life. Whatever the case, chances are this dream sticks out in your mind.

none of my business really haha, just thought I'd point that out

No, please, you're always welcome to post constructive criticism here.

Thanks for spotting those! I'd got the "than", but not the "had" (in my Google Docs revision).

/me pms Kromoh