That should be "...get upset at thee." I grew up reading the King James translation of the Bible, so I'm really good at my thees and thous.
In my opinion, "Can I invade your personal space" is just informal language, not wrong when it's spoken. The "can/may" distinction is more important in formal speech or written English.
And you can too still use the old-fashioned word for a female canine without offense... but you'd better be at a kennel or a dog show or a vet's office at the time.
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Thou art correctthou knowest well thine English.Orthography Enthusiast @ Jun 17 2004, 01:44 AM wrote: That should be "...get upset at thee." I grew up reading the King James translation of the Bible, so I'm really good at my thees and thous.
In my opinion, "Can I invade your personal space" is just informal language, not wrong when it's spoken. The "can/may" distinction is more important in formal speech or written English.
And you can too still use the old-fashioned word for a female canine without offense... but you'd better be at a kennel or a dog show or a vet's office at the time.
Tis hard to keep straight such olden forms. Methinks verbs are even harder: -(e)st, -(e)th, etc.
A topic befitting Al is this one, for how many singers canst thou name who use "thine" in our times?
if I finish all of my chores, and you finish thine
I bid good night to ye allthis manner of speech doth give me an headache!
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[quote=""Trash Day""]modular @ Jun 29 2004, 01:45 PM wrote: Also, it should be "I bet there are a hundred house codes that I'm violating"
Bet there's a hundred health codes that I'm violatin'
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And yes, it should be an "are," not an "is" (even if it's contracted).
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