Come on spidey, let's go fightey.
Green Goblin would totally say that!
Life in plastic, it’s fantastic.
Sigma Alpha barbenheimer double feature
I am become death? Is that really what he said? How is that not grammatically incorrect?
It's present-perfect tense, an archaic tense found mostly in poetry and old texts. Oppenheimer was quoting old poetry when he spoke it, so that's why he kept the same tense.
grammarphobia.com/i-am-become-death
Thank you for the enlightening response!
No problem! Sorry you got downvotes for a question lol!
https://piped.video/watch?v=lb13ynu3Iac
9 Comments
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 3y
Come on spidey, let's go fightey.
TubeTalkerX@kbin.social · 6 pts · 3y
Green Goblin would totally say that!
theyresocool@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 3y
Life in plastic, it’s fantastic.
21kondav@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 3y
Sigma Alpha barbenheimer double feature
spacedancer@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
PenguinJuice@kbin.social · -3 pts · 3y
I am become death? Is that really what he said? How is that not grammatically incorrect?
ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 3y
It's present-perfect tense, an archaic tense found mostly in poetry and old texts. Oppenheimer was quoting old poetry when he spoke it, so that's why he kept the same tense.
grammarphobia.com/i-am-become-death
PenguinJuice@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y
Thank you for the enlightening response!
ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 3y
No problem! Sorry you got downvotes for a question lol!
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
https://piped.video/watch?v=lb13ynu3Iac