I don't know if I'd say I was wrong..... I'm no expert in this arena, but I did say (in off-list discussions w/ Carolyn Kunin) that "никто б" has to imply some verb phrase or other coming after; this citation from Mozart and Salieri is incredibly apt and adds wonderful new dimensions to think about in PF. Thank you, Carolyn and Alexey!

SB

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Subject:	[NABOKV-L] nikto b
Date:	Mon, 6 Aug 2012 16:07:37 +0300
From:	Alexey Sklyarenko <skylark1970@MAIL.RU>
Reply-To:	Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
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Steve is wrong! From Pushkin's Mozart i Salieri (scene II):