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Jigneshbharati Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Be they my

Most of my poems come from real life events, be they my own or someone else's
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What is the grammatical function of "be" and what does it refer to or describe?
  

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It's the present subjunctive of the verb BE. 'Be they' in that sentence means 'whether they be/are',

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  • It's the present subjunctive of the verb BE.
  • 'Be they' in that sentence means 'whether they be/are',
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It's the present subjunctive of the verb BE. 'Be they' in that sentence means 'whether they be/are',
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Be is a present subjunctive in your example. It and they refer to the real life events mentioned earlier. It simply means that those events may be from his own life or someone else's life.

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