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Re: Elves and Ill Bethisad

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Tuesday, October 21, 2003, 3:50
Tristan McLeay scripsit:

> > It is less ambiguous than the 2nd in this > > instance, since thou was responding to me. > > I was under the impression that it was 'thou wert'?
In the 17th century, maybe. Modern thou-dialects use "was". That includes IB English. -- John Cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com www.reutershealth.com www.ccil.org/~cowan "The exception proves the rule." Dimbulbs think: "Your counterexample proves my theory." Latin students think "'Probat' means 'tests': the exception puts the rule to the proof." But legal historians know it means "Evidence for an exception is evidence of the existence of a rule in cases not excepted from."

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