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I think "Boys be ambitious" would only mean "Boys are ambitious" in a rustic dialect, such as you might hear in the west of England.
I can't explain the missing comma, in the versions you've seen; except that punctuation tends to be light, in slogans.
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| #3 (permalink) Thu Jul 31, 2008 23:38 pm Boys be ambitious |
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OK, thanks MrP. The thought crossed my mind too, that they loose the comma to make it a slogan.
Still, somehow, I still sense the difference in its meaning, but cannot quite make what it is.
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| #4 (permalink) Thu Jul 31, 2008 23:40 pm Boys be ambitious |
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| Would it be that the comma-less version seems more "general"; while the comma version seems to address a particular group of boys? |
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| #5 (permalink) Thu Jul 31, 2008 23:44 pm Boys be ambitious |
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Oh, never thought it that way. Maybe that's it!
I think now I can sleep well...（＊＾＿＾＊）. Thanks, MrP!
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