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Subject:
"Would that I hadn't done that."
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"Myers, Marshall" <[log in to unmask]>
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Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:54:29 -0400
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Fellow Grammarians,

Is the "would" in the following sentence a left-over from the days when modals were actually verbs?

                               Would that I hadn't done that.

Thanks,

Marshall Myers
Eastern Kentucky University

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