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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Be forms

Hi,

I am new here.Why 'is'(be form) not used with 'you'?Plz help.(As per my knowledge 'is' goes with singular where as 'are' goes with plural then you is also a singular form) .PLz answer
  

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English does not inflect most verbs to the extent some other languages do, and so verbs don't have singular and plural forms. Most verbs (in the present tense) use the infinitive following I, you, we and they, and the infinitive with -s following he/she/it. For example: I work You work He/she/it work s We work They work.

— Blue Jay

  • English does not inflect most verbs to the extent some other languages do, and so verbs don't have singular and plural forms.
  • Most verbs (in the present tense) use the infinitive following I, you, we and they, and the infinitive with -s following he/she/it.
  • For example: I work You work He/she/it work s We work They work.
  • The verb to be is unusual.
  • The forms are: I am You are He/she/it is We are They are.
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English does not inflect most verbs to the extent some other languages do, and so verbs don't have singular and plural forms. Most verbs (in the present tense) use the infinitive following I, you, we and they, and the infinitive with -s following he/she/it.
For example:
I work
You work
He/she/it works
We work
They work.
The verb to be is unusual.
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BE and its equivalents in many languages are highly irregular forms. It just happens that in modern English, the first person singular form is am, the second person singular and all plural forms are are and the third person singular form is is.

You was originally the plural form (thou being the singular form, which has now virtually disappeared f
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Blue JayIf it followed the usual rule, it would be I be ; You be ; He/she/it bes ; We be ; They be.
And these forms are used in some non-standard English dialects.

The imperative is "be," but "you" is not usually spoken or written:

(You) Be quiet!

(Yelling):
Bobby, you be quiet now!
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