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Deba672 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

"God bless you"
Why is there "bless" instead of "blesses"?
  

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It's the subjunctive form for a wish rather than a statement. It has the idea of 'May *** bless you'. We see the subjunctive also in 'Long live the Queen' and 'Britannia rule the waves'.

— Fivejedjon

  • It's the subjunctive form for a wish rather than a statement.
  • It has the idea of 'May *** bless you'.
  • We see the subjunctive also in 'Long live the Queen' and 'Britannia rule the waves'.
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It's the subjunctive form for a wish rather than a statement. It has the idea of 'May *** bless you'.

We see the subjunctive also in 'Long live the Queen' and 'Britannia rule the waves'.
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