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In an effort to save an endangered and near extinct treasure – good grammar, I renewed my effort to MGGA – Make Grammar Great Again – and offered a remedial lesson in the subjunctive, that form of grammar that expresses wishes and desires for things we don’t have. Of course, I had a lot of help from some wonderful adjunct songwriters and singers. Wish you’d never heard of the subjunctive mood? Hey, maybe you understand this stuff better than you think.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

• I WISH I WERE IN LOVE AGAIN  /  Gillian Margot  /  “Black Butterfly”
• IF DREAMS COME TRUE  /  Joe Williams  /  “Prez & Joe”
• IF I WERE A BELL  /  Stacey Kent  /  “Dreamer In Concert”
• IF YOU WERE A SONG  /  Billy Brandt  /  “The Ballad Of Larry’s Neighbor”
• IF THE STARS WERE MINE  /  Melody Gardot  /  “My One And Only Thrill”
• I WISH I KNEW  /  Jimmy Scott  /  “The Source”
• IF JAMES TAYLOR WERE ON FIRE  /  Paul And Storm  /  “Gumbo Pants”
• IF I WERE A BOY  /  Reba McEntire  /  “All The Woman I Am”
• IF I WERE A CARPENTER  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Leonard Nimoy  /  “Spaced Out – The Best Of Leonard Nimoy”
• I WISH I KNEW (HOW IT WOULD FEEL TO BE FREE)  /  Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orch.  /  “The Capitol Studio Sessions”
• IF I LOVED YOU  /  Nancy LaMott  /  “What’s Good About Goodbye”
• IF YOU WERE MINE  /  Tony Bennett  /  “I Wanna Be Around”
• IF I HAD YOU  /  Nnenna Freelon  /  Nnenna Freelon Live”
• IS YOU IS OR IS YOU AIN’T  /  Catherine Russell  /  “Alone Together”
• IF JAMES TAYLOR WERE ON FIRE AT THE BOTTOM OF A WELL  /  Paul & Storm  /  “Gumbo Pants”
• IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN  /  John Doakes  /  “Forever Reasons”
• IF I ONLY HAD A HEART  /  Michelle Lordi  /  “Drive”
• IF LOVE WERE ALL  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Alan Cumming  /  “Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs”
• IF I WERE YOU  /  Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson  /  “The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia”
• I WISH I DIDN’T LOVE YOU SO  /  Steven Pasquale  /  “Somethin’ Like Love”
• IF YOU LOVE ME  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Here’s To Life”
• THAT’S MY DESIRE  /  Ray Stevens  /  “Grover’s Hat Project”
• IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW  /  Chet Baker, Philip Catherine  /  “Late Night Jazz”
• IF YOU WERE THE ONLY BOY  /  Bernadette Peters  /  “Sondheim, Etc., Etc.”
• PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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