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Well "you" was a lot more common. Hm. Maybe "ye" is more formal? (i.e. "Hear ye, hear ye" as a call to begin a meeting.) Nah, I don't think so. I don't think there's much of a difference in Shakespeare's usage of you/ye, but I could be wrong.
So in other words, I don't know. My ass-talking, let me show you it.
Is there a difference between "you" as a plural and "ye" as a plural?
I'm amused that when I tried to decide this in my head the phrase that popped up was "ye scabrous dogs".
Is there a difference between "you" as a plural and "ye" as a plural?
Ye is archaic, but was early modern English second person plural.
The annoying thing about "you" is the potential for confusion between singular and plural. Maybe i just mean the one person i'm looking at, maybe i mean the entire room, maybe i only mean the five people in the room i actually like. Too much potential confusion. Yet another problem with the English language. (That and the letter "c." It is a useless, confusing letter.)
Ye is archaic, but was early modern English second person plural.Yes, but so is "you." That's the confusing thing about you/ye--they're both early modern English second person plural.
This site: [link] says "ye" was the subject and "you" was the object form of the plural. Which I should be able to parse. You would think. Er, ye would. I implore you. Hm.
Ah! Cleared up. I never paid much attention to subject/object for second person plural. I shall have to check a couple Shakespeares to see if that plays out.
In meme news, I am really friggin' glad that today is over. It wasn't a bad day, but it was exhausting. I graded a lot as the kidlets took tests today, but then I gave two make-up tests and tutored (and that did not go especially well and I didn't get paid today because her husband wasn't home to write the check @@), and I'm thinking an hour of reading and bed bed bed is called for.
Is there a difference between "you" as a plural and "ye" as a plural?
From Wikipedia: 'Originally "ye" and "thou" were nominative pronouns, while "you" and "thee" were accusative forms,'
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I didn't get paid today because her husband wasn't home to write the check @@
Oh that's just ridiculous. Come one, people. Don't do that.
Funny, I think I learned how to use thou, thee and thy from the bible, but I didn't pick up on you and ye at all.