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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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I know It be not true
I read the sentence :
"I say I love her , but In my heart of heart I know It be not true."
why did the writer use "I know It be not true" but not "I know It is not true"?
"I say I love her , but In my heart of heart I know It be not true."
why did the writer use "I know It be not true" but not "I know It is not true"?
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Two possibilities occur to me. He is writing in dialect, or he is inexpert. That is not standard English, and I don't think it ever was.
- Two possibilities occur to me.
- He is writing in dialect, or he is inexpert.
- That is not standard English, and I don't think it ever was.
- It's "heart of heart s ", by the way.
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Two possibilities occur to me. He is writing in dialect, or he is inexpert. That is not standard English, and I don't think it ever was.
It's "heart of hearts", by the way.
It's "heart of hearts", by the way.
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"I say I love her , but In my heart of hearts I know It to be not true."
The infinitive is the object of "know". It is a more poetic expression, less direct than "it is not true."
The infinitive is the object of "know". It is a more poetic expression, less direct than "it is not true."
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