[PW] Re: Grammar question

[John Henderson]

/Had I been him, he would not have done that./

First or third-person singular pluperfect subjunctive?

John Henderson
Ithaca College Library
jhenderson at ithaca.edu*
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Daphne Drewello wrote:

>   Patron wants to know if there is a grammatical term for the following:
>
>  A person pretends to be another person to show that person how she should
>have responded to a third person.
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>  Patron thinks the term is "third person" but I have problems with that.
>
>  Thanks!
>
>Daphne Drewello
>Alfred Dickey Library
>Jamestown, ND
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