Lo and Behold!

Lo and Behold! Lo and Behold! Lo and Behold! By Maeve Maddox A football fan posted the accompanying: I chose to watch the Duke versus Miami game and low and see Duke is fruitful this year Normally the â€Å"low and behold† grabbed my attention. Was it only a grammatical mistake? I jumped on my web index to perceive what I could discover. Clearly a ton of English speakers compose low for the lo of â€Å"Lo and behold!† A portion of the incorrect spellings I discovered were conscious jokes in features above tales about something â€Å"low,† like low oil costs, low calorie plans, and low golf scores. More, in any case, appeared to be the consequence of not realizing that the word in the articulation is spelled lo and not low. Here are a few models: Low and observe! (a blog title) Low and Behold (a 2007 film about post-Hurricane Katrina) low and observe I have some truly wonderful DOMS in the mid area (practice site) However, low and see, nearly four decades later (printed rap verses) Low and observe it worked out extraordinary I got a PC via the post office (tribute on promoting site) Fall term will all be about the Old Testament and low and see, we’ve worked out a total program (college site in the U.K.) Low and BeholdHow Much Work Are You Willing to do? (feature on an author’s site) In the event that you don’t check the colorful rundown of words satisfactory for Scrabble competitions, English has not many two-letter words. The way that just around twenty are in like manner use may represent endeavors to add a little body to lo by including another letter. Lo may get from the basic type of the action word to look. It has been utilized as an interposition at any rate since Beowulf was composed, however the redundancy â€Å"lo and behold† dates just from the nineteenth century. Some time before that, loâ€in the feeling of Look! See! Behold!†was utilized to focus on something going to occur or going to be said. For, lo, the winter is past, the downpour is finished and gone; (Song of Solomon, 2:11, KJV.) What's more, Lo! the Hunter of the East has gotten/The Sultan’s Turret in a Noose of Light. (Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Edward Fitzgerald interpretation.) The most punctual OED reference for Lo and view! is from a letter written in 1808. Bulwer-Lytton†he who gave us the novel opening, â€Å"It was a dim and turbulent night,† utilized it in 1841: The reasonable lady of the hour was avoiding down the middle..when, lo and observe! the unshaven gentleman..advanced..and cried-‘La voil!’ (Night Morning II. iii. v. 144â ) These days the articulation is utilized both cleverly and cuttingly. Tennessee Williams has Stanley use it in a tirade against Blanche: You come in here and sprinkle the spot with powder and splash aroma and spread the light with a paper lamp, and lo and view the spot has transformed into Egypt and you are the Queen of the Nile! (Trolley Named Desire, scene 10). Present day writers most likely won’t discover a lot of utilization for the articulation butâ€Å"Lo Behold!† still has a lot of life in it for every day conversational use. Individuals who utilize the articulation in their web journals and online discussions might need to check the spelling. Verifiable writers placing outcries in the mouths of pre-nineteenth century characters might need to adhere to plain â€Å"Lo!† Need to improve your English in a short time a day? Get a membership and begin accepting our composing tips and activities day by day! Continue learning! Peruse the Expressions class, check our mainstream posts, or pick a related post below:Congratulations on or for?Rules for Capitalization in TitlesHow to Address Your Elders, Your Doctor, Young Children... what's more, Your CEO