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minus-squaresilasmariner@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 个月前Yeah but that’s because you see it in archaic contexts. How do you feel about ‘thou art tall’?
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 个月前But art sounds like are. Is art singular?
minus-squarericecake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 个月前From the dictionary: (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of be So, yes?
minus-squarericecake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 个月前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.
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.