Expression: "Be it ever so..."

[Tom]

Hi

Could you please tell me if the given expression is OK in everyday English?

Be it ever so. Please look at the sentences!

1- I love this book, be it ever so boring.
2- Be it ever so costly, I am going to buy it.
3- Be she ever so selfish, I still love her. (More of a tongue- twister, Amy?)
4- Be you ever so loud, You will not disturb me.

Tom

[Yankee]

"Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home."

That's a subjunctive formation, Tom, but that particular format ("Be it ever so") survives only in the well-known sentence above (as far as I know).

I wouldn't even attempt to use that particular phrase in any other sentence --- unless I were trying to humorously "play with" the well-known sentence (above).

Amy
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