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Thread #116873   Message #2513248
Posted By: Genie
12-Dec-08 - 12:24 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Ein' Ros' Entsprungen (Lo How A Rose)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Ein' Ros' Entsprungen (Lo How A Rose)
Shouldn't it be "Isaiah was foretold it ... " not "Isaiah 'twas foretold it ... "?

I've seen that verse posted online with "'twas" (though I've also seen it in print with just "was").
But "'twas" would be gramatically redundant: "Isaiah it was foretold it ... "