vocabulary formation in 18th century
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To consider an instance, "Thou knowest that he runneth," which means "You perceive that he runs."
Explanation:
- Although there are many exceptions to the rules, 18th-century English commonly used to use a "-th" ending for verbs which were used with third-person singular subjects, and "-est" endings for "thou" and "thee."
- To consider an instance, "Thou knowest that he runneth," which means "You perceive that he runs."
- Decorate your speech with words that have evolved or gone extinct by reading contemporary historical English lexicons.
- It was acceptable for authors to make words with Greek or Latin roots, so they used words that have completely changed in this means that or simply ne'er caught on.
- A valuable resource could be a lexicon that offers thorough etymologies, as these often tell the convoluted stories of but a word got its that means that.
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