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14. Only possible defense (and I'm not defending it)...

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 03:48 PM

Nov 17

...of the headline is a clumsy (given the context) use of the "subjunctive mood"

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Someone Has Posted that the Epstein Files Have Been Released in GD [View all] MineralMan Nov 17 OP

That is not what it said, though. MineralMan Nov 17 #8

I'm not referring to anything. MineralMan Nov 17 #13

I read it exactly as MM did obamanut2012 Nov 17 #4

"Epstein files are released" is the post's headline. greatauntoftriplets Nov 17 #7

The title was a simple declarative sentence. MineralMan Nov 17 #9

Only possible defense (and I'm not defending it)... GJGCA Nov 17 #14

Maybe, but the poster went on in the body of the text MineralMan Nov 17 #15

Not everybody reads like everyone else. I understood it clearly. Autumn Nov 17 #16

Lets say the Epstein Files Have Been Released leftstreet Nov 17 #5

If that was what it said, then I'd agree. MineralMan Nov 17 #11

That's true leftstreet Nov 17 #12

The OP has corrected their headline MustLoveBeagles Nov 17 #18

Good. MineralMan Nov 17 #19

Thank you MustLoveBeagles Nov 17 #10