tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547067420689722925.post4074339066243677851..comments2023-08-13T11:58:31.588-04:00Comments on Ghulf Genes: Subjunctively Speaking, Habeas CuraADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06408980212433714362noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547067420689722925.post-71959873725435830002010-05-06T23:29:48.980-04:002010-05-06T23:29:48.980-04:00Interesting; I've never really thought about i...Interesting; I've never really thought about it, but you're right of course. If we were to render it into English the way we usually render such requests, it would have to be something like "Let the body be had," which would be odd; I suppose English doesn't make it easy to think of the action of having in a subjunctive way -- you either do or you don't, and you just directly command people to <i>have</i> when it comes up ("Have your payment by the first" rather than "Let your payment be had by the first"). We could do it differently, but we don't.Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06698839146562734910noreply@blogger.com