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The most miseworthy verb form in any language!!!!
Rarely used, and sometimes looks odd, but distinctive enough to be classy! English - "Although I were hungry, I would not have eaten the badger."
French - "Quoique j'eusse faim, je n'aurais pas mangé le blaireau." Italian - "Benché avessi fame, non andrai mangiato il tasso." Latin - "Quamquam faminam haberem, non meles consumpsissem." |
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