Re: [tied] Fw: Subjunctive -- Correction

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 46844
Date: 2006-12-30

On 2006-12-30 22:19, Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:

> As I have said
> before, the subjunctive was also used in prohibitions (with *méh1), and
> so tended to encroach on the turf of the imperative, but that too is a
> secondary development.

Excuse this silly slip of the typing finger: I meant to say that the
INJUNCTIVE (which was essentially a mood-neutral form) was used in that
way, secondarily acquiring a modal value.

Piotr

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