羡鱼-Xianyu
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A: Let's go out for dinner.
B: Ok, this time you be my guest.
Hello everybody,
Why does the sentence above not write as 'this time you are/will be my guest'? The pronoun YOU is the second person, so its linking verb should be 'are'. If its copula is 'be', there must be an auxiliary or modal verb before it, such as WILL, DO, DID, CAN etc., right?
PS: If you find any errors in my English, would you mind correcting me, please. Thanks a lot!
Regards
B: Ok, this time you be my guest.
Hello everybody,
Why does the sentence above not write as 'this time you are/will be my guest'? The pronoun YOU is the second person, so its linking verb should be 'are'. If its copula is 'be', there must be an auxiliary or modal verb before it, such as WILL, DO, DID, CAN etc., right?
PS: If you find any errors in my English, would you mind correcting me, please. Thanks a lot!
Regards