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> On Sun, 18 May 2003 10:00:16 +1000 Tristan McLeay <kesuari@...>
> writes:
> > Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> >
> > > God forbids!
> >
> > The expression is actually 'God forbid'. How nice of English to use
> > different (archaic) grammatical rules in fixed phrases.
>
> actually, 'God forbid' is usually used as imperative, so this phrase
> doesn't use "different (archaic) grammatical rules".
But the imperitive of the thrid person doesn't really exist anymore
in common use. You would basically use the auxilliary _may_ for that
purpose.
Jake