HeyJaredKirk Swearingen
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- Jul 6, 2026
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Let’s fix America with grammar (opens the original)
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This article originally appeared in slightly different form at Medium. Used by permission. One of my nieces recently messaged me about a sentence in a children’s book. She sent a photo that showed a whimsical drawing of a pink dog above the line “I wish my dog were pink.” She asked if that should have been “I wish my dog was pink.” I replied that the subjunctive mood in English is little understood and pretty much gone now — given that the language follows speech rather than writing — and noted,
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