"the age is come"

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When writing my book about a local history, I used as a heading:- The Age of the Engineer is come", simply because I'm sure I've seen this usage elsewhere. Am I OK with this, or have I got it round my neck?

The wording is a bit archaic. "has come" would be more idiomatic. — Hot Licks, Mar 25 '20 at 17:09
Doesn't sound that "archaic" to me in, say, The chickens are come home to roost. But yeah - *have come* is much more likely. — FumbleFingers, Mar 25 '20 at 17:16
@FumbleFingers - You don't think "The chickens are come home to roost" is archaic??? — Hot Licks, Mar 25 '20 at 20:48
Does this answer your question? Is it acceptable to use "is become" instead of "has become"? You can easily find "is come" in Shakespeare! — GEdgar, Apr 25 '20 at 01:33
come/came/come - says that the 3rd form of come is come, similar to become/ became/ become. Assuming that we use the verbs come and become transitively, these change into 'is come' or 'is become'. Can this be a way to look at it? — Ram Pillai, Apr 25 '20 at 06:25

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 25 '20 at 20:42

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It depends on the effect you're trying to create. Is there a reason why you want a portentious (or pretentious) tone?

If not, use has. In fact, if it's a title, use Has — and capitalize Come, too.

answered Mar 25 '20 at 20:42

Charlie Bernstein

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"the age is come"

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