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Re:Adobe Responds to Jobs by whalesalad on Thursday April 29, 2010 @09:36PM (#1306835)
Does this sentence make zero sense to anyone else?

We feel confident that were Apple and Adobe to work together as we are with a number of other partners, we could provide a terrific experience with Flash on the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

Re:Adobe Responds to Jobs by heyitsnick on Thursday April 29, 2010 @11:25PM (#1307082)
It's interesting that many find the English subjunctive hard to parse. I think in a generation or two it will will not be seen in contemporary prose.
Re:Adobe Responds to Jobs by whalesalad on Thursday April 29, 2010 @11:17PM (#1307066)
Thanks for clearing it up guys, I misread about 3 times in a row.
Re:Adobe Responds to Jobs by Lazlo_Nibble on Thursday April 29, 2010 @09:38PM (#1306844)
It parses okay for me, though a comma between "work together" and "as we are" might help.

"If Apple worked with us, as a number of other partners do, we could provide..."

Re:Adobe Responds to Jobs by gill_bates on Thursday April 29, 2010 @09:39PM (#1306845)
I makes total sense. Shall I reword it slightly for you?

Were Apple and Adobe to work together, as we are with a number of other partners, we feel confident that we could provide a terrific experience with Flash on the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch

Re:Adobe Responds to Jobs by memoryfault on Friday April 30, 2010 @01:47AM (#1307349)
The original statement is missing a comma after "that"
Re:Adobe Responds to Jobs by eds on Friday April 30, 2010 @02:15AM (#1307404)
Yeah, it's a terrible sentence. First they're "we," then they're "Adobe," then they're "we" again, and while you were distracted by all that, behind your back they snuck in "as we are [working]" when they meant "as we do."