Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Guy Bennett wrote: > > >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... > ><Snip> ence 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 He beshat you'all! Mark Rabiner