', a formulaic subjunctive. It can be written, too.
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blueblooded65can we also use "lest" instead of "*** forbid"?Lest he gets sick.No. That means something different, and it would take the subjunctive in my dialect: "We made him put a coat on lest he get sick." "Lest" is quite old-fashioned. Nobody says that nowadays in standard American English.
blueblooded65I know the punctuations and capitalization, but they take timeAnswering you takes a lot more time than pressing a shift key. I am trying to make allowances for cultural differences and difficult communication, but I'm failing.