please God
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]absolute construction; comparable to the phrase (if) it (should/might) please God (present subjunctive mood); apt to be reanalyzed by many listeners today as if vocative/direct address (e.g., please God grant, in second person and imperative mood), but absolute and subjunctive in origin.
Interjection
[edit]- If it pleases God; God willing.