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"Don't be"

Posted By: Joona I Palaste, on host 195.197.251.180
Date: Tuesday, May 4, 2004, at 13:14:49

"Don't be". What a silly way of wishing something not to be. It is a contraction of "do not be", which implies that the opposite is "do be", as if being were something one does.
Previously I thought of this as natural English but now it's struck me as odd. Why can't it be "be not" or "ben't" or something?

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Re: "Don't be" - Sam - Wed, 5/5/2004, 05:25:46
- Re: "Don't be" - Howard - Wed, 5/5/2004, 11:58:43
  - Re: "Don't be" - commie_bat - Wed, 5/5/2004, 12:14:52
- Re: "Don't be" - Ciaran - Wed, 5/5/2004, 06:04:37
  - Re: "Don't be" - Sam - Wed, 5/5/2004, 20:17:58
- Re: "Don't be" - Joona I Palaste - Wed, 5/5/2004, 05:52:05
  - Re: "Don't be" - Matthew - Wed, 5/5/2004, 10:46:59
    - Re: "Don't be" - Sam - Wed, 5/5/2004, 20:04:30
    - Re: "Don't be" - Vida - Wed, 5/5/2004, 11:57:42
  - Re: "Don't be" - commie_bat - Wed, 5/5/2004, 06:25:56
    - Re: "Don't be" - Lirelyn - Wed, 5/5/2004, 15:10:04
      - Re: "Don't be" - commie_bat - Thu, 5/6/2004, 07:01:11
        
        Re: "Don't be" - Cynthia - Fri, 5/7/2004, 01:56:58
        
        Re: "Don't be" - commie_bat - Fri, 5/7/2004, 06:19:55
    - Re: "Don't be" - Joona I Palaste - Wed, 5/5/2004, 07:14:09
Re: "Don't be" - Howard - Tue, 5/4/2004, 18:12:14

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