Yup. Ellen C-M On Tue, 15 Apr 1997 David_Tuggy at SIL.ORG wrote: > Re _bees, beed_: the following judgment holds for me: > > You be good for Grandma, now, and if you do / ??*are I'll buy you an > ice-cream cone. > > "Are" sounds pedantic if not just plain wrong. > Anybody concur? > > --David Tuggy >