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Andrew Leach ♦
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I read a book named Robin Hood and the KingRobin Hood and the King from the series of Reading A to Z, and met a sentence that goes like this:

My name is Robin Hood. We be yeomen of the forest, my lord Abbot, and make our home here in Sherwood.

I cannot figure out why a "be" is used after we instead of "are".

I read a book named Robin Hood and the King from the series of Reading A to Z, and met a sentence that goes like this:

My name is Robin Hood. We be yeomen of the forest, my lord Abbot, and make our home here in Sherwood.

I cannot figure out why a "be" is used after we instead of "are".

I read a book named Robin Hood and the King from the series of Reading A to Z, and met a sentence that goes like this:

My name is Robin Hood. We be yeomen of the forest, my lord Abbot, and make our home here in Sherwood.

I cannot figure out why a "be" is used after we instead of "are".

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Jianbin Yin
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Why in this sentence there is a "be" instead of "are"

I read a book named Robin Hood and the King from the series of Reading A to Z, and met a sentence that goes like this:

My name is Robin Hood. We be yeomen of the forest, my lord Abbot, and make our home here in Sherwood.

I cannot figure out why a "be" is used after we instead of "are".