Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Actually- I think it harkens back to even earlier English form i.e. >"Gadzooks! He beshat himself!" uh oh, i feel the 'be-whatever' past participles coming on! : he betook himself to the becrapper and beshat all over the beplace... guy p.s. : >Then again- regarding the usages of, and difference between 'will' and >'shall' might be applied as well?! > >Dan ( Pooh-pooh stinky works for me!) Post the difference between 'shall' and 'well,' if i'm not mistaken, is a difference between grammatical persons: ] 1st person singlular & plural = shall all other persons = will i believe the same is true of 'should' and 'would' (think of blake's 'if others had not been foolish, we should [meaning 'would' according to our contemporary incorrect parlance be so'). ah, grammar... guy again