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To: ichabod1
Second person formal? As far as I know there is no such form. The Thee, Thy, Thou and Ye forms are holdovers from Old English and Anglo-Saxon forms.

The are listed in most dictionaries as archaic or literary.

My argument is not on the beauty of the word choice but rather the create of a new class of pronouns.

87 posted on 05/29/2006 7:39:50 AM PDT by Military family member (GO Colts!!)
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To: Military family member
The Thee, Thy, Thou and Ye forms are holdovers from Old English and Anglo-Saxon forms.

Yes, I'm just saying that the second person formal in English is no longer used, except in a literary sense, but they do exist.

88 posted on 05/29/2006 7:07:20 PM PDT by ichabod1 (The Glory Hath Gone Out Of Israel)
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