ABSTRACT
In the first of these sentences be=shall be; in most of the others a single indicative would be used in colloquial language, but instead of the subjunctive in the last sentence one would say, let him be old or young.
In the first of these sentences be=shall be; in most of the others a single indicative would be used in colloquial language, but instead of the subjunctive in the last sentence one would say, let him be old or young.