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Perhaps one of the most important and most used words in English. Irregular, to boot. Of languages that have and use this word, can we find one that does not have irregular forms? I know some languages do not use this verb, but do any that do have a regular conjugation?
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Re: Be
Yes, if you count ebonics as a language. I think "be" is regular in it as are almost all verbs.
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Re: Be
It begs the question, "to be, or not to be?". I wish I still had my little brown reader, so I could see how Jack and Jill used it. Sorry, just musing.
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PS. I choose to be long ago.
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PS. I choose to be long ago.
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Fear less, hope more;
eat less, chew more;
whine less, breathe more;
talk less, say more,
and all good things will be yours.
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Fear less, hope more;
eat less, chew more;
whine less, breathe more;
talk less, say more,
and all good things will be yours.
--R. Burns
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Re: Be
I don't get the drift of your musing eberntson. As an expert literary critic of nursery rhymes, I have never read a line in Jack and Jill that mentions be. Do you know a verse I don't know?
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Re: Be
I do not know of an example of "be" in the Brown Reader. Thus my question, come to think of it I don't think I have ever seen a copy in a used book store. It might be a hoot to get a copy. I managed to find a copy of my Brit Lit book from high school. Bought it a a former teachers yard sale, which brings me back "to be, or not to be."
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Fear less, hope more;
eat less, chew more;
whine less, breathe more;
talk less, say more,
and all good things will be yours.
--R. Burns
Fear less, hope more;
eat less, chew more;
whine less, breathe more;
talk less, say more,
and all good things will be yours.
--R. Burns
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Re: Be
Jews and Christians have a special use for be. God told Moses he was "I am who I am." Jesus also claimed this name. The name is sometimes written as Jehovah in English and there is some use of the Romanized Hebrew letters YHWH.
On a lighter note, Popeye said, "I yam what I yam." And now we have the acronym "Wysiwyg" (pronounced 'whizzywig), "What you see is what you get."
On a lighter note, Popeye said, "I yam what I yam." And now we have the acronym "Wysiwyg" (pronounced 'whizzywig), "What you see is what you get."
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