14 Just this morning, my son and I were eating breakfast when I attempted to add milk to my tea. " Dad, " he said, " If I were you, I wouldn't do that. It's sour . " 15 " Oh my! " I said, swelling with pride toward my son, " That's a grammatically perfect sentence. You used were instead of was. " 16 " I know, I know, " he said with a long agreeable sigh. " It's the subjunctive mood. " 17 I was, like, whoa!