[Grammar] "Are to be" construction

[TP09]

What does the sentence 'you are to be executed' mean?
Does it mean the same as 'you will be executed' or isn't it correct English at all?

If I had to guess, I'd say it's archaic English, just like 'I find it to be'...

Thanks.

 

[Heterological]

Agreed. "I find it to be..." is not archaic, either.

 

[SoothingDave]

I don't find it to be archaic either. :-D

 

[TP09]

Thanks,
but 'I find it to be' is quite archaic

 

[philadelphia]

I do not find it archaic either. Oops I shortened it

 

[bhaisahab]

Thanks,
but 'I find it to be' is quite archaic

No it isn't.;-)

 

[kfredson]

I believe we are in agreement on both sides of the Atlantic. They are all perfectly fine expressions-- even elegant, I might say. You are to be commended for bringing them up.