Come what may
come what may
Is "come what may" a clause or phrase? (Some dictionaries qualify it as a phrase, some as an idiom, which is rather a semantic category, not a grammatical one.)
If "come what may" is a clause, is it an imperative or is it a statement with the extraposed subject what may [come] come?
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tkacka15 Is "come what may" a clause or phrase? a clause tkacka15 Some dictionaries qualify it as a phrase, That means a fixed phrasing, not a grammatical phrase. tkacka15 If "come what may" is a clause, is it an imperative or is it a statement with the extraposed subject what may [come] come?
- tkacka15 Is "come what may" a clause or phrase?
- a clause tkacka15 Some dictionaries qualify it as a phrase, That means a fixed phrasing, not a grammatical phrase.
- tkacka15 If "come what may" is a clause, is it an imperative or is it a statement with the extraposed subject what may [come] come?
- 'Whatever may come' is the usual paraphrase.
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tkacka15Is "come what may" a clause or phrase?
a clause
tkacka15Some dictionaries qualify it as a phrase,
That means a fixed phrasing, not a grammatical phrase.
tkacka15If "come what may" is a clause, is it an imperative or is it a statement with the extraposed subject what may [come] co
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