Re: THEORY: third-person imperatives
| From: | Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, April 26, 1999, 12:41 |
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Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 12:12:34 -0400
From: John Cowan <cowan@...>
Consider JFK's inaugural address: "Let the word go forth from this
Formally, that's a second-person imperative. The verb 'let' in this
use may have been bleached to give a meaning similar to a third-person
subjunctive, but that is still a matter of lexicon, not of syntax.
Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)