# @Chronos - My comment in the American Fr.ontier thread **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 28, 2025, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chronos-my-comment-in-the-american-fr-ontier-thread/1025204 "2025-11-28T11:53:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chronos-my-comment-in-the-american-fr-ontier-thread/1025204/4 "2025-11-28T15:20:41Z")
The OP was poorly written then > [@How did folk "on the American frontier" view travelers/home security?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-folk-on-the-american-frontier-view-travelers-home-security/1025148/1): > > If you are such a person and you see someone coming on horseback. “are” is present tense and would invite the views of enipla and all other modern frontierpersons. If you only wanted the hypothetical of “imagine you are that person on the frontier in olden times” then you need to use the conditional form If you _were_ such a person and you see someone coming on horseback. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chronos-my-comment-in-the-american-fr-ontier-thread/1025204)._