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Old 24-Jun-2007, 21:55
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Cool Re: Subjunctive

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Originally Posted by 2006 View Post
No, I think you are wrong. The fixed phrase is 'Far be it for someone to do something.'
2006 (by the way, my LMS number, the number that I use in a warehouse I work in, is 2004) I am absolutely sure that I am right - I've just rechecked my source of information, and it still says the same thing - it's Far be it from..., not Far be it for....
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