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Jerk21189 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

What does "be it" means in this context?

What does "be it" means here? Does it has the meaning of "also"?
Pornographic has not increase the crime rate in the city, be it rape and other sexual offences.
  

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be it rape or other sexual offenses. Also, "pornogrpahic" is an adjective, not a noun. *********** is a noun.

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  • be it rape or other sexual offenses.
  • Also, "pornogrpahic" is an adjective, not a noun.
  • *********** is a noun.
  • Here's another "be" from the fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk Be he alive or be he dead - whether he is alive or dead "be it" = whether it is "be he" = whether he is
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Here, it's like "whether we are talking about" but "be it" usually takes an "or" not an "and."

...be it rape or other sexual offenses.

Also, "pornogrpahic" is an adjective, not a noun. *********** is a noun.

Here's another "be" from the fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk

Be he alive or be he dead - whether he is alive or dead

"be it" = whether it is
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It is referring to specific measures or instances of "crime rate". It could be translated as "in particular" or "for example"; not "also", which means "in addition to"

Pornography ( or pornographic material) has not increased the crime rate in the city, be it rape and other sexual offences,
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