On Saturday 17 May 2003 06:00 pm, Tristan McLeay wrote:
> Christophe Grandsire wrote:
>
> > God forbids!
>
> The expression is actually 'God forbid'. How nice of English to use
> different (archaic) grammatical rules in fixed phrases.
>
> --
> Tristan <kesuari@...>
>
>
"God forbid" is a shortened form of "May God forbid it": a prayer for
divine protection from some horrible occurrence.
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