"Hello, I read a sentence in a book "One should always live in the best company, whether it be of books or of men". Why is the word 'be', not 'is'? Thank you! "
In our Question and Answer of the Week, Feifei looks at the phrase 'whether it be'.
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Learn about the English subjunctive with 'be' - and pick up some more useful phrases with 'be'.
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