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It's not absolutely unknown: "With this ring, I thee wed" from the Book of Common Prayer marriage service seems to me to be SOV (with an adverbial bit in advanc
by pmyteh 6y ago
It's not absolutely unknown: "With this ring, I thee wed" from the Book of Common Prayer marriage service seems to me to be SOV (with an adverbial bit in advance), though it's definitely archaic. I imagine it features a bit in poetry too.
- krebs_liebhaber 6y agoThe word order in that sentence is less important, because it uses old pronoun "thee" as opposed to "thou" (analogous to German "dich" vs "du"), thus indicating the subject and object. "With this ring, thee I wed" "I wed thee, with this ring" ... "Thee, with this ring, I wed" (???) When you use "you", suddenly there is only one obvious order.
- kazinator 6y agoYou, with your attitude, I cannot accept!