[Grammar] You be correct

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Snappy

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Is "You be correct" an acceptable expression?
For example, somebody writes: In the first law, an object will not change its motion unless a force acts on it.
Then can I use this expression in response and say, "You be correct."
 
Sorry, no. I wouldn't understand what you were trying to say.
 
Just say: That's correct. The law is not from you; you are merely stating it.
 
Snappy, "you be correct" is not correct. Where did you find that expression? Are you perhaps thinking of "you'd be correct" instead?
 
Not unusual and not uncommon among today's manufactured underground expressions (AmE), but at the same time not correct/appropriate especially following the statement in your example.
 
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