And all that subjunctive stuff has “what?” to do with Be verbs?
Only that “be he alive” is subjunctive.
If I were you (also suhjunctive) I would read Jack and the Beanstalk to learn more about the subjunctive mood. Look around your soddy. Bet you have a copy somewhere.
I don’t know where the subjunctive came from, but I’ll let you lie in your bed since you made it.
I gave my childhood books to storage: “when I was a child I spake (S.Car word) as a child…........................................”
