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servons-nous-en, I'll put it to the proof. Since the French have no first person singular imperative, they are forced to use either the plural, as here, or the subjunctive.

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mon dieu, heavens! He is frightened at his own courage. When dieu contains no thought of deity, I consider it more reverent to use d. French usage varies. Cp. [p.5, note 17].

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