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Let's Get Subjunctive

It's in danger! Seriously.

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Carrie Jones
Jul 06, 2025
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If you are a person who can’t stand a typo, I suggest you don’t read my post.

But if you’re a person who is into big ideas and keeping a literary device alive, why don’t you come along with me, okay?

You see that up there? Those two sentences?

That’s the subjunctive.

Mind blown, right?

In this post for paid subscribers, I’m going to talk about the fancy word up there “subjunctive” and also why it’s starting to fade from our language. Gasp! I know! I know, let’s save it.

There’s also an exercise and a couple of contests you can submit to.

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