A Dictionary of Modern English Usage

Rhubarb, sillabub, hubbub, Beelzebub, cherub) are few, and it'll suffice to say cherubic (so spelt), and hobnob {-bbed, -bbing). be. i. variety of the copula. 2 . Be and zvere, subjunctives. three. Be + adverb + participle. four . Elliptical omissions. five. Confusion of auxiliary and copulative makes use of. 6. Case of the supplement. 7. kinds. 1. For the variety of the verb among a topic and a supplement of alternative numbers ( The zvages of sin is death', the one problem are the vast ditches'), see quantity I . 2 . to be used and abuse of be and have been as subjunctives (// an injunction be bought and he defies it ; It have been to be wished), see SUBJUNCTIVES. three. For wrong worry of keeping apart be from its participle and so forth. (// his guidance nonetheless is undefined; definitely the right entirely to be be maintained), see place OF ADVERBS. four . he's useless, and that i alive; I shall brush aside him, as he must be. For such kinds see ELLIPSIS 1, three. five. Confusion of auxiliary and copulative makes use of. within the stopover at zvas made we have now was once auxiliary; within the impact zvas beneficial we now have zvas copulative. it truly is slovenly to make one used to be serve in either capacities, as within the first stopover at used to be made and back, and the 1st effect of the nezv neighbours at the Falconet kinfolk hugely beneficial; used to be can be repeated after family—though, if created had stood rather than hugely beneficial, the repetition may were pointless. 6. Case of the supplement. the guideline that the supplement has to be within the comparable case because the topic of the copula {You believed that it zvas he; You believed it to be him) is usually passed over in speak {It zvasn't me), yet could be saw in print, other than the place it might be unnatural in discussion. The temptation in its least difficult types is unusual, yet might ensue; Meredith, for example, writes / am she, she me, until eventually loss of life and past it, the place the ungrammatical me isn't paradoxically meant. this could no longer be imitated. 7. kinds. those who require discover are {a) an't, ain't, and {b) the singular subjunctives, {a) A{i)n't is basically colloquial, and as used for isn't really is an uneducated blunder and serves no worthy objective. however it is a pity that a{i)n't for am now not, being a usual contraction and providing a true wish, may still surprise us as if tarred with a similar brush. although /'/;; no longer serves good adequate in statements, there's no abbreviation yet a{i)n't I? for am I now not? or am no longer I? ; for the amn't I of Scotland and eire is international to the Englishman. The shamefaced reluctance with which those complete varieties are frequently introduced out betrays the speaker's sneaking worry that the colloquially first rate and certainly nearly common are not I is 'bad grammar' and that ain't i'm going to convict him of low breeding, {b) the current subjunctive has be all through (Be I reasonable or foul; If bean fifty three beg thou be precise; Be it so), the shape beest, appealing. however the domestic b. wishes different initially indicative yet used for a starting to be greenery while the festive season time as moment singular subjunctive, arrives. / THE mattress attractive. being out of date. The singular of the to work out the English mattress of best attractiveness earlier subjunctive is zvere, wert, have been (If you want to take teach .