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    Quote Originally Posted by Torg View Post
    Different forms of referee and direct can refer to the person or the act - a referee referees, and a director directs.
    Mmmmmyeah. I get the grammar, I was refering to that application to fencing lexicon.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Torg View Post
    Goldgar is correct (mostly). Allez is second person plural/formal, but in this case the verb used is the second person imperative. It just happens to be spelled the same way.
    I agree that it's imperative, but it seems to me that it is also specifically plural/formal, as the second-person singular imperative would be "va". Of course, my French is a bit rusty, but I believe that's the case.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Goldgar View Post
    I agree that it's imperative, but it seems to me that it is also specifically plural/formal, as the second-person singular imperative would be "va". Of course, my French is a bit rusty, but I believe that's the case.

    Hehe, you're absolutely right. I forgot to include plural/formal in my post.
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