The subjunctive tense in English is not used very often. However, it does exist. And when it is not used it annoys me. Why? Because I'm perhaps a bit weird.
The Fiddler on the Roof song "If I were a rich man..." is often mistakenly quoted as "If I was a rich man..." And since I'm not a rich man (well, richer than many, but not really rich) it's even more annoying. These errors occur with frequency. The Joan Osburne song One of US (good video, BTW, and pretty good song) contains the line "If God was one of us..." It should be "If God were one of us..." And many folks often use the phrase "If it was up to me..." It should be "If it were up to me..."
And big shoutout and kudos to Rooney who has a song correctly titled "If it were up to me".
And so, if it were up to me, nobody would forget their English subjunctive.
