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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
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is this sentence correct? God forbid, he died such a fearful death.

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12br 12br 12blockquote 10My 2 cents02br 02br 00Forbidden by ***, he came to a sticky end. 0-

— Inchoateknowledge

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01cite10Jackson661212cite10Hi,12br
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10Are these sentences correct?12br
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101: 11i10*** forbid12i10, he died such a fearful death.12br
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102: 11i10*** forbidden12i10, he died such a fearful death.12br
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0Forbidden by *** is incorrect (that would mean that *** has refused permission for something).02br
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00*** forbid, he died such a fearful death. *** forbid is a hard phrase to explain but I do think it is the appropriate one here. It's almost like a little prayer to ***, 'please don't allow this', although of course in this context it did happen! Almost as though the pers
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0 :"*** forbid" is an idiomatic saying. It's almost always followed by a clause with a present tense verb, sometimes preceeded by "that", and often (but not always!) in a sarcastic manner.02br
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00*** forbid (that) he dies such a fearful death.02br
00*** forbid (that) he gets lost in the woods at night.02br
00*** forbid (that) he ever calls his pare
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0Hi,02br
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00I'd like to offer a briefer explanation. When you say '*** forbid', you mean 'I hope that *** will forbid (ie prevent) an event from happening in the future'. 02br
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00eg 01font00The doctor says Tom may die next week, *** forbid.02font02br
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00That's why you can't say it abo
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0 01i00"*** forbid02i00, he died such a fearful death." What does this sentence mean?0-
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0Hi,02br
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00As I tried to explain, it's not really a correct sentence.02br
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00Clive0-
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01cite10Clive12cite10Hi,12br
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10As I tried to explain, it's not really a correct sentence.12br
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10Clive12br
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10Sorry Clive, I did not have the patience to read through all the letters02br
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00Thank you.0-
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01cite10Clive12cite12br
10Hi,12br
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10I'd like to offer a briefer explanation. 11b10When you say '*** forbid', you mean 'I hope that *** will forbid (i.e. prevent) an event from happening in the future'. 12b12br
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10e.g. 11font10The doc
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0HI Jackson,02br
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00Those other guys tried to give a fuller explanation, while I tried to offer a simple and basic one.02br
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00What contradiction are you asking about?02br
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00If I may make a small and subjective comment, I wonder if there are other areas of your English that it would be more profitable for you to work on tha
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01cite10Clive12cite10What contradiction are you asking about?12br
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10If I may make a small and subjective comment, I wonder if there are other areas of your English that it would be more profitable for you to work on than this particular phrase?12br
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10Dear Cliv
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