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It's subjunctive history. You know, the subjunctive? The mood used when something may or may not have happened. When it is imagined.

It's subjunctive history. You know, the subjunctive? The mood used when something may or may not have happened. When it is imagined.

Approximate author period: c. 1960 AD · modern

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Alan Bennett
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Approximate author period: c. 1960 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Alan Bennett: documented activity in 1960. Wikidata Q654730, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q654730 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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