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Pastimes : SI Grammar and Spelling Lab -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jack Clarke who wrote (2425)	5/2/1999 6:23:00 PM
From: jbe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4711

Jack -- So glad you are back! I thought you might be on vacation, and was anxiously waiting for your return. Re: doeth and doth. I should not have omitted "doth". You are right on that point. But "doeth" was also used. (And, as you will see, I should not have omitted "doest" either.) From Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology: "..dest and deth were supplanted in Middle English by dost, doth, beside which doest, doeth were formed later and became restricted to non-auxiliary use." Thus: He doeth evil. He doth speak. Thou doest evil. Thou dost speak. Full Tudor conjugation: I do. Thou dost/doest He/she/it doth/doeth Ca va? Anyway, one of the reasons I have been impatiently awaiting your return was because I hoped you might be of some help to me in compiling some thread "anthologies." (Check first "anthology" post -- on splitting infinitives -- for an explanation.) You were smart enough, at one time, to actually file away some posts. I never did, and I have been having a devil of a time finding the ones I want. Can you share some? Or have you deleted them? Or has your computer destroyed them? Joan P.S. BTW, that "Tudor usage" post has to be understood within the context of Beltane, but since you did not attend the festivities, the post's most subtle meaning may remain inaccessible to you...<g>