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minus-squaresilasmarinerlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 hours agoYeah but that’s because you see it in archaic contexts. How do you feel about ‘thou art tall’?
minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoBut art sounds like are. Is art singular?
minus-squarericecake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 hours agoFrom the dictionary: (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of be So, yes?
minus-squarericecake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·24 minutes agoTo convey uncertainty, because the dictionary classification of the word was a bit of a mouthful, and I was only 90% certain that I was interpreting it correctly.
Yeah but that’s because you see it in archaic contexts. How do you feel about ‘thou art tall’?
But art sounds like are. Is art singular?
From the dictionary: (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of be
So, yes?
Why the question mark?
To convey uncertainty, because the dictionary classification of the word was a bit of a mouthful, and I was only 90% certain that I was interpreting it correctly.