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[teaheehee]

If you have time I'd really love you to answer this. If you're curious and you have time, it'd be awesome if you could post this question elsewhere, too - I'd love to get a wider range of answers than my tiny flist, wondercrump as you all are. ♥

What has someone taught you that you've never forgotten

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[batyatoon]

Can I answer this more than once? :D

[teaheehee]

OH yes please :D

[batyatoon]

OKAY SO here is #1, I may be back with others.

What: Correct use of the subjunctive.

When: During my second year of college.

Who: The professor who was teaching a course I took on fantasy literature.

How: By way of a marginal note on a paper of mine that she graded.

Why did it stick: I think partly because I rather prided myself on having a good command of grammar and was rather distressed to be consistently making the same mistake. But mostly because it was one of the cleverer marginal notes I have seen.

After the fourth or fifth time she had to correct "was" or "is" to "were" in a subjunctive phrase (i.e., one beginning with "as though"), she wrote: "Allow me to introduce you to the subjunctive. Subjunctive, this is the delightful and talented Ms. [my last name]. Now I hope you become good friends."

And we did. :D

[la_rainette]

I don't have time right now but I will answer this :) <3

[teaheehee]

Thank you. :)

[rosiedoes]

Meh... Is it sad that I can't think of a single thing anyone has taught me?

[silveraspen]

Just so you know, I keep staring at this, going away, coming back, and staring some more.

Maybe this will help make my brain work -- do you mean this in an academic sense as in actual school lesson taught, or a life lesson sense?