Orris
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- Nov 9, 2011
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- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Chinese
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- China
- Current Location
- Armenia
Hey, professors,
I just found a sentence that is very confusing.
If it be aristocratic in organization, then it seeks to protect the man who is superior only in law against the man who is superior in fact; . . .
Is this sentence grammatically right? if yes, why does the author use the present subjunctive form "be"?
Isn't that should be:
If it is aristocratic in organization, then it seeks to protect the man who is superior only in law against the man who is superior in fact; . . .
that make more sense (at least to me )?
I just found a sentence that is very confusing.
If it be aristocratic in organization, then it seeks to protect the man who is superior only in law against the man who is superior in fact; . . .
Is this sentence grammatically right? if yes, why does the author use the present subjunctive form "be"?
Isn't that should be:
If it is aristocratic in organization, then it seeks to protect the man who is superior only in law against the man who is superior in fact; . . .
that make more sense (at least to me )?