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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Tense with pray

Hi. I believe I see a lot of the following pattern in the Bible, where the auxiliary verb "may" comes after the word "pray." Is it still in usage and correct? Or is it limited in Biblical usage? I hope my question is clear. Thank you in advance for your help.

I pray that you may be ....

  

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anonymous I pray that you may be .... Nowadays this is quite old-fashioned, though in the past it was used in speech and writing, so it was not confined entirely to the Bible. CJ

— CalifJim

  • anonymous I pray that you may be ....
  • Nowadays this is quite old-fashioned, though in the past it was used in speech and writing, so it was not confined entirely to the Bible.
  • CJ
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anonymousI pray that you may be ....

Nowadays this is quite old-fashioned, though in the past it was used in speech and writing, so it was not confined entirely to the Bible.

CJ

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