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Cs_md Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

subjunctive or indicative keywords

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0Is there no possibility of a potential design in which the SDC curve is important? In any case, I would use the indicative-- why confuse the reader with an uncommon subjunctive form when s/he should be concentrating on aerodynamics? 0-

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0Is there no possibility of a potential design in which the SDC curve is important? In any case, I would use the indicative-- why confuse the reader with an uncommon subjunctive form when s/he should be concentrating on aerodynamics? Is 01i00unless...01b00is02b02i00 quite clear.0-
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