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A legal way of saying "is". It scores over [[to be]] in that it is highly regular: the different forms require no conjugation:
A legal way of saying "is". It scores over [[to be]] in that it is highly regular: the different forms require no conjugation:


I shall constitute  |  I ''am''<br>  
I ''shall constitute''   |  I ''am''<br>  
You shall constitute |  You ''are'' <br>
You ''shall constitute''  |  You ''are'' <br>
He, she or it shall constitute / He, she or it ''is'' <br>
He, she or it ''shall constitute''  | He, she or it ''is'' <br>
We shall constitute |  we ''are'' <br>
We ''shall constitute''  |  we ''are'' <br>
You shall constitute |  You ''are''<br>
You ''shall constitute''  |  You ''are''<br>
They shall constitute |  They ''are''<br>
They ''shall constitute''  |  They ''are''<br>


On the other hand it suffers from sounding quite pompous and rather dim.
On the other hand it suffers from sounding quite pompous and rather dim.

Revision as of 15:31, 14 October 2016

A legal way of saying "is". It scores over to be in that it is highly regular: the different forms require no conjugation:

I shall constitute | I am
You shall constitute | You are
He, she or it shall constitute | He, she or it is
We shall constitute | we are
You shall constitute | You are
They shall constitute | They are

On the other hand it suffers from sounding quite pompous and rather dim.