At 06:21 PM 3/21/99 +0100, Ronny Hedin wrote:

held it, she felt a sensation run up her arm, as if the thing really
were possessed with magical power.   Her Devil Hunter ring

the thing - it - was

It's in the subjunctive mood ('contrary to fact'), and therefore correct 
as is.

Ex: 'If I were a rich man...'


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