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To: GeronL

He be, she be, you be, I be, they be, we be, it be. Brilliant in its simplicity.


64 posted on 07/02/2013 8:11:39 PM PDT by luvbach1 (We are finished.)
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To: luvbach1

“He be, she be, you be, I be, they be, we be, it be. Brilliant in its simplicity.”

Linguistically, this is actually very true, and is just the continuation of a trend of the loss of irregular verbs. When I was a kid, if you said “dreamed” you were quickly corrected; now, when I say “dreamt”, I get looks.

And don’t forget “is be”, as in, “I is (I’s)be going to the store”, which may be something like a combination of present and a little bit of future tense, as far as I can tell.


70 posted on 07/02/2013 8:37:06 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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