Re: OT: WAY OT: Re: OT: Re: What? the clean-shaven outnumber the bearded?

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".

> Tristan                  <kesuari@...>
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