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You can argue that Shakespeare is comprehensible to a modern English speaker, but I don't think you can argue that it's modern English. The different "you" form
by carterdmorgan 2y ago
You can argue that Shakespeare is comprehensible to a modern English speaker, but I don't think you can argue that it's modern English. The different "you" forms alone are enough to make it difficult to understand for most modern speakers.
- Suppafly 2y agoDifferent 'you' forms?
- vidarh 2y agoThou, thee, ye [,thy, thine] are variants of 2nd person pronouns. "You" used to be the formal plural form. All of these have different connotations and/or subtly different meanings, and context will affect if they are to be taken at face value or are e.g. sarcastic (I've not read enough Shakespeare to recall if he made use of that) [Thy/thine is your/yours and which is right depends on if it's before a vowel or consonant...]