Neither a borrower, nor a lender be
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What is the grammatical form, meaning and function of "be" in "a lender be"?
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Jigneshbharati grammatical form "plain form" or "dictionary form" Jigneshbharati Neither a borrower, nor a lender be. This was written about 400 years ago, and we no longer use this construction in English with any frequency. The translation into modern English is Don't be a borrower, and don't be a lender either.
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Jigneshbharatigrammatical form
"plain form" or "dictionary form"
JigneshbharatiNeither a borrower, nor a lender be.
This was written about 400 years ago, and we no longer use this construction in English with any frequency. The translation into modern English is
Don't be a borrower, and don't be a lende