[Gllug] plurals

[Dylan]

On Thursday 19 June 2003 19:52, Jack Bertram wrote:
> * Dylan <dylan at dylan.me.uk> [030619 19:46]:
> > Due to the general
> > and specific characteristics of the English verb system, only BE and HAVE
> > can be used subjunctively, and the form for HAVE is _had_, hence we don't
> > notice its use.
>
> Not quite true - e.g.,
>
> If he delight in him, let him deliver him
>
> (from the Messiah) is a good example of the subjunctive in the third
> person.  The third person singular subjunctive looks the same as the
> indicative but doesn't have the trailing "s".  It can be used in any of
> the constructions you describe.

Indeed, but Handel is hardly current ussage, is it, even when it was written 
it was archaic.

Dylan


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