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re: Deadline reviews Into the Woods film

Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 02:10 pm EST 11/24/14
In reply to: re: Deadline reviews Into the Woods film - AlanScott 01:36 pm EST 11/24/14
My understanding is that "if momma was married" would be correct as part of a thought in the past tense, for example, "if momma was married to that man at the time, we didn't know about it." Whereas "if momma were married" is the correct form for the conditional, which is how it's used in the song, to mean "if momma were married (today), we'd live in house as private as private can be...."

I, too, always assumed that Sondheim used "was" instead of "were" because "if momma were married" because of the characters' young age and lack of education.


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