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- What is the difference between thee and thou?
Thee, thou, and thine (or thy) are Early Modern English second person singular pronouns Thou is the subject form (nominative), thee is the object form, and thy thine is the possessive form Before they all merged into the catch-all form you, English second person pronouns distinguished between nominative and objective, as well as between singular and plural (or formal): thou - singular
- When should I say thee? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Thee and you as object Middle English: ye and you used alongside thou and thee as polite singular forms Early Modern English: Distinction between ye as subject and you as object disappeared, you being used almost universally Ye restricted to archaic, religious or literary contexts by the end of the 16th century Thou similarly restricted by
- Can I use word Thou, Thee, Thy and Thine like following
However, I can't imagine a typical Yorkshireman who would use "thee" and "thou" being sufficiently delicate as to use the word "thine" I do agree with Janus though, that "art" is the verb required in "Who art thou?"
- What happened first: ye you merging to you, or thou thee . . .
Thee and you were used as object During the Middle English period, ye you came to be used as a polite singular form alongside thou thee During Early Modern English, the distinction between subject and object uses of ye and you gradually disappeared
- Is pronouncing The as in Thee still correct in titles?
The is pronounced "thee" when it precedes a word that begins with a vowel (the apple, the overtone series, etc ) or (sometimes) an aspirated consonant (the historic occasion of his birth) or when the speaker wishes to differentiate a noun by calling it out for special dramatic emphasis
- Why are words like Thou Thee Ye no longer used in English?
The interesting question here is why the thee thou forms are used in the KJV, and why they are so often still used in Christian contexts Was the plural respectful form you considered inappropriate for theological reasons (because the God of the KJV is very much a singular, not a plural)?
- Is there a pattern between thou and thee when used in a sentence
I doubt this is a fax or anything That question's all about the difference between "thou" and "thee " Whereas in my question, it's about whether I should use thou or thee AGAIN when I'm about to ADD A THIRD 2nd-singular pronoun — which in this case, thou or thee — in a sentence that's addressing to a person, and that it isn't ending with neither a comma or a period yet
- Meaning of I thou thee? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
21 What is the meaning of "thou thee" from the quotation below referenced in this Quora answer? (Attributed to the attorney-general at Sir Walter Raleigh’s trial ) All that he did was at thy instigation, thou viper; for I thou thee, thou traitor
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