Reading Twilight books 1-4, I was always very frustrated at S.Meyer's seeming inability to use the subjunctive tense. She would always write "If I was..." instead of saying "If I were..."
I know many (most?) Americans don't use the subjunctive colloquially, but two wrongs don't make a right.
Also, Meyer is a college graduate with a degree in English. What the fuck is a college degree good for if it doesn't come with a command of one's native language??
So, I was re-reading Midnight Sun (because Edward >>> Bella) and to my surprise, Meyer used the subjunctive!!
page 29: "She must have wondered...whether she were the cause."
So, this means Meyer does know how to use the subjunctive, and for some reason fucked up the last 4 books; or someone at that godforsaken tween hits publishing house caught onto this shit and told her to get it together.
OR, Midnight Sun >>> Twilight Saga books 1-4
Which might very well be possible!!!
UPDATE: never mind, because just a short while later, on page 33, Meyer writes: "as if there was something important or unusual about them."
So, Meyer is just grammatically incompetent!
Come on, Little, Brown, & Co!!!!! You're better than this!
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read all these books!!
Twilight full text: http://www.wattpad.com/103133
New Moon full text: http://www.scribd.com/doc/12991956/New-Moon
or if that doesn't work, http://www.wattpad.com/81624-New-Moon-by-Stephenie-Meyer (but the punctuation on this version is messed up)
or if you prefer PDF, http://api.ning.com/files/fckEFz8yUcsjcqC5rcFKy5NQqMTiR3DYoj94Co3JJ2XbtHqF9SCftup4*zTDyEx8enS8HhQBZzqRFhpcMXBmimSahpQW7wOL/StephenieMeyer2.NewMoon.pdf
Eclipse full text: http://www.scribd.com/doc/11218705/Eclipse (but the line breaks on this version are kind of annoying)
I also found this one: http://krfilm.net/f/viewthread.php?tid=36251&extra=&page=1
(neither version is ideal, but if formatting is so important to you go out and buy the goddamn books!)
Breaking Dawn full text: http://www.wattpad.com/93442-Breaking-Dawn-by-Stephenie-Meyer
Midnight Sun draft: http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/pdf/midnightsun_partial_draft4.pdf
If you don't like the above links you can always Google statistically improbable phrases and see what comes up.
OK kids go read!
New Moon full text: http://www.scribd.com/doc/12991956/New-Moon
or if that doesn't work, http://www.wattpad.com/81624-New-Moon-by-Stephenie-Meyer (but the punctuation on this version is messed up)
or if you prefer PDF, http://api.ning.com/files/fckEFz8yUcsjcqC5rcFKy5NQqMTiR3DYoj94Co3JJ2XbtHqF9SCftup4*zTDyEx8enS8HhQBZzqRFhpcMXBmimSahpQW7wOL/StephenieMeyer2.NewMoon.pdf
Eclipse full text: http://www.scribd.com/doc/11218705/Eclipse (but the line breaks on this version are kind of annoying)
I also found this one: http://krfilm.net/f/viewthread.php?tid=36251&extra=&page=1
(neither version is ideal, but if formatting is so important to you go out and buy the goddamn books!)
Breaking Dawn full text: http://www.wattpad.com/93442-Breaking-Dawn-by-Stephenie-Meyer
Midnight Sun draft: http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/pdf/midnightsun_partial_draft4.pdf
If you don't like the above links you can always Google statistically improbable phrases and see what comes up.
OK kids go read!
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