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- pronunciation - How does one pronounce hath and doth? - English . . .
Old English verb forms such as "hath" and "doth" are, I believe, normally pronounced with the θ sound as in the word "think " But somebody once told me that that is actually a mistake The words, said he, were originally pronounced as present-day "has" and "does" with a z sound
- Why is xxxx doth not a yyyy make considered valid English?
There is additionally the use of the archaic "doth" for "does", but that is a minor matter So the emphasis is "Reading does not make you a writer " In this particular case it is also an idiom, that is to say, a peculiar arrangement of words that follow special phrasing, different than normal grammatical rules might demand, but commonly used
- Do vs Dost, the difference [closed] - English Language Usage Stack . . .
Here, the do is infinitive, it is not the third person singular Do, Dost, Doth – Lambie Commented Jul
- What is the meaning for the sentence: I trust that age doth not wither . . .
age doth not wither nor custom stale my infinite variety is an adaptation of sentence from the play Antony and Cleopatra (ACT II SCENE I ), by William Shakespeare Enobarbus, a friend of Mark Antony, says "Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety "
- verb agreement - Whose misadventured piteous overthrows doth - English . . .
In his edition of Romeo and Juliet (The New Cambridge Shakespeare, Cambridge University Press, 1984), G Blakemore Evans provides the following gloss for "doth" based on E A Abbott's A Shakespearian Grammar (1869): Southern form of third per plur , still commonly used in Elizabethan English (Abbott 334)
- Is there a more broadly applicable expression for doth protest too much?
The lady doth protest too much comes close, but this seems more targeted at a specific individual: for example, the Glorious Leader could be accused of protesting too much if they go on CNN to repeatedly deny all claims of famine before the reporter gets around to asking about it, but this doesn't seem applicable to an entire state-run
- “Thou doth protest too much”: changed usage? [closed]
I remember reading somewhere that the original meaning “thou doth protest too much, methinks” is often used nowadays to take “protest” literally, but this changes its original meaning I can’t see
- What does Macbeth mean when he says his heart is seated?
Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature? The connotations may have changed since it was written, but doesn't the word "seated" evoke the image of the object under discussion being, to all intents, still? As in pretty much motionless? What am I missing?
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