http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/TruthBeTold/gghdr/post.htm#532996Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:07:14 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:532996Johnleo0http://www.englishforums.com/English/TruthBeTold/gghdr/post.htm#532996http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-532996.xmlYep, but most of us have to do that.http://www.englishforums.com/English/TruthBeTold/gghdr/post.htm#532986Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:07:14 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:532986Avangi1http://www.englishforums.com/English/TruthBeTold/gghdr/post.htm#532986http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-532986.xmlOne of the advantages of not going to college. Education stifles creativity.http://www.englishforums.com/English/TruthBeTold/gghdr/post.htm#532895Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:07:14 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:532895Johnleo2http://www.englishforums.com/English/TruthBeTold/gghdr/post.htm#532895http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-532895.xmlThank you, guys. Actually, it&#39;s from the commencement speech delivered by Steve Jobs at Stanford in 2005.  People like him always introducing new fantastic stuff to us tend to use very old expressions eh?!http://www.englishforums.com/English/TruthBeTold/gghdr/post.htm#532834Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:07:14 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:532834Marius Hancu3http://www.englishforums.com/English/TruthBeTold/gghdr/post.htm#532834http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-532834.xmlOr: Should truth be toldhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/TruthBeTold/gghdr/post.htm#532720Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:07:14 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:532720CalifJim4http://www.englishforums.com/English/TruthBeTold/gghdr/post.htm#532720http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-532720.xmlDefinitely old. Definitely subjunctive. It&#39;s from the days when if clauses took the subjunctive: (If the) truth be told Modern: If the truth is told CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/TruthBeTold/gghdr/post.htm#532679Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:07:14 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:532679Avangi5http://www.englishforums.com/English/TruthBeTold/gghdr/post.htm#532679http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-532679.xmlNot only is it an idiom, it&#39;s a stilted and old-fashioned idiom. I love it. (Maybe subjunctive.)http://www.englishforums.com/English/TruthBeTold/gghdr/post.htmFri, 22 May 2009 13:07:14 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:532678Johnleo6http://www.englishforums.com/English/TruthBeTold/gghdr/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-532678.xml&quot; Truth be told , I   never graduated from college and this is the closest I&#39;ve ever gotten   to a college graduation.&quot; Here the meaning of this structure is very clear. (= to tell you the truth)  But I can&#39;t get why this structure is used in this way. A sentence adverbial? How does it function in the sentence? Thanks.