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please God en · INTJ

Etymology

absolute construction; comparable to the phrase (if) it (should/might) please God (present subjunctive mood); apt to be reanalyzed by many listeners today as if vocative/direct address (e.g., please God grant, in second person and imperative mood), but absolute and subjunctive in origin.

Meanings

  1. If it pleases God; God willing.

wikipedia: absolute construction · wikipedia: imperative mood