To: achilles2000
Almost they persuadeth me (Southern Baptists and Government Schools)
"They" cannot "persuadeth." That's a single verb form, applicable to "he" or "she."
"They persuade" is correct, archaic or no.
10 posted on
06/19/2007 1:45:54 PM PDT by
Xenalyte
(Lord, I apologize . . . and be with the starving pygmies in New Guinea amen.)
To: Xenalyte
Not my title, but I believe it comes from the KJV.
17 posted on
06/19/2007 1:53:07 PM PDT by
achilles2000
(Shouting "fire" in a burning building is doing everyone a favor...whether they like it or not)
To: Xenalyte
Otto: Don’t call me stupid.
Wendy Leach (Maria Aitken): Why on earth not?
Otto: Oh you English are so superior aren’t you? Well would you like to know where you would be without us, the old
U.S. of A to protect you? The smallest f’ing province in
the Russian empire. So don’t call me stupid lady.
Wendy: Well thank you for popping in and protecting us.
Otto: (as he leaves) Without us, you’d all be speaking German!
18 posted on
06/19/2007 1:53:58 PM PDT by
Greg F
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To: Xenalyte
BTW, I agree that you are right on the lack of subject/verb agreement.
20 posted on
06/19/2007 1:54:37 PM PDT by
achilles2000
(Shouting "fire" in a burning building is doing everyone a favor...whether they like it or not)
To: Xenalyte
Singular:
Ic persuade
Thou persuadeth
He persuadest
Plural
We persuadath
Eow persuadath
Hie persuadath
In the West Saxon dialects, anyway....
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