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What is the difference between 'thee' And 'you' in a sentence?
What is the difference between Ye and thy?
Are 'thee' And 'thou' singular words?
What is the difference between 'Ye' and 'you'?
Of course, this version of “ye” is not to be confused with the other older version of “ye,” which was a substitute for “the” in the era where T + H was not yet the standard spelling of the “th” sound.
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A "y" was the closest match in the type set, so it was substituted by printers, giving us "ye" (with schwa or long e, eventually the or thee as the vowels dropped to the baseline) and "you" (thou). Over time, ye as an article became the, thee as a pronoun pretty much disappeared, and thou became you (and the pronunciation shifted to the y sound).
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Dec 17, 2014 · Regarding the UT inscription, ye was the subject form of the second person plural and you was the object form. Eventually you became used for subject and object, singular and plural. The singular subject form was thou and the singular object form was thee. For example, the opening lines of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18:
May 24, 2022 · This means that "thee" and "ye" will always be either the subject or the predicate nominative of a sentence. These words are used for the individual doing the action of the sentence. "Thou" and "you" will always be the direct object or the object of a preposition.
Having said that, most people are referring to their use in the 17th century, based on how they were used in the King James bible and in Shakespeare’s works. So for that era… Thou: singular informal subjective form of “you” thou art, as opposed to you are. Thee: singular objective form of “you” thee to, as opposed to to you.
Some modern or dialect speakers of thou use thee as the subject and conjugate the word with is/was, e.g. thee is, thee was, thee has, thee shall. However, this is not considered standard. Originally, thou was simply the singular counterpart to the plural pronoun ye, derived from an ancient Indo-European root.
Dec 17, 2021 · There is a word "ye" that was a variant spelling (not a misspelling) of "the", based on the older spelling "Þe". So for example "Ye Old Saloon" is correct, but it's pronounced the same as "The Old Saloon". The common misconception you're referencing is that people were ever going around saying "yee old".
