Timeline for "That... be" construction
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| Apr 3, 2014 at 23:48 | comment | added | Peter Shor | @Wierin: no, I think it's a verbose way of saying "We will consider exact categories to be skeletally small". There's a difference between saying "let the dogs be tame" and "we will consider all dogs to be tame". | |
| Apr 3, 2014 at 21:00 | comment | added | anongoodnurse | Please see comments by @F.E.'s made below my answer for clarification. | |
| Apr 3, 2014 at 15:41 | vote | accept | Bruno Stonek | ||
| Apr 2, 2014 at 20:48 | answer | added | rogermue | timeline score: -1 | |
| Apr 2, 2014 at 20:04 | answer | added | anongoodnurse | timeline score: 14 | |
| Apr 2, 2014 at 19:56 | comment | added | Chris Sunami | @BrunoStonek I edited your question to add the fact that you are asking specifically in a mathematical context --I think that's important information for crafting an appropriate answer. | |
| Apr 2, 2014 at 19:51 | comment | added | Bruno Stonek | @Wlerin: in mathematical talk we tend to be really precise. So it's important to make it clear that it is a convention. | |
| Apr 2, 2014 at 19:43 | comment | added | Wlerin | Isn't this just an excessively verbose way of saying, "Let the exact categories be skeletally small"? | |
| Apr 2, 2014 at 19:26 | answer | added | Chris Sunami | timeline score: -2 | |
| Apr 2, 2014 at 19:24 | history | edited | Chris Sunami | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added explanatory note from OP's comment
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| Apr 2, 2014 at 19:03 | comment | added | Argot | welcome to the "world of nitpicking" ...( could be stated as a manifesto for ell if such questions are in huge number ) | |
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| Apr 2, 2014 at 19:01 | comment | added | Bruno Stonek | @tchrist: if you'd care to elaborate that into a full answer I'd be happy to upvote it. For what it's worth, my English has been mostly self-taught, so I'm really not aware of most grammar rules, I just go with what "seems right" to me. | |
| Apr 2, 2014 at 18:58 | comment | added | Argot | @tchrist - why dont you present that as an a answer? subjunctive is not a common word.. | |
| Apr 2, 2014 at 18:55 | history | edited | tchrist♦ |
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| Apr 2, 2014 at 18:55 | comment | added | tchrist♦ | That’s simply a present subjunctive. Nothing special going on here. | |
| Apr 2, 2014 at 18:44 | history | asked | Bruno Stonek | CC BY-SA 3.0 |