Friday, February 8, 2008

Does Anyone Care? Comments

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If I was to die tonight
Would anybody care?
If I used a gun
Would anyone hear?
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Jordan Everly
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Michael Pruchnicki 08 February 2008

'If I were to die' should replace 'If I was to die'... The subjunctive is used in contrary-to-fact, impossible, or IMPROBABLE conditions, such as the one you posit in your poem. Why all this longing for self-destruction, by the way? Who is damaged?

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Uloia Norris Moore 08 February 2008

When some one does such a thing as this spoken in jest or real. It effects the very foundation of the world of those whom do so care about you.

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