Strangelove wrote: ↑Fri Oct 29, 2021 4:33 pm
Now goeth forth and sinneth no more...
I do hope you realize that the -eth ending is only used in present tense third person singular?
Like "he seemeth to be a nice guy". In modern English it has basically been replaced by the -s ending, but either way, it should only be used in the present tense and referring to a third person, ie he/she/it.
The present tense
second person singular informal ending in early modern English would be -est, as in "whither goest thou?"
But you need not worry about that, as pretty much noone has used the informal address (thou) in English since Shakespearean times. It's always, always always formal, so even when adressing a single person you know well, or a small child, you use the formal address, which means you basically use the plural form, as in "where are you going with this?"
But then I get a feeling that you really wanted to use an imperative mood, as when telling (or politely asking) people what they should do.
In the imperative you use the short basic form of th eword. Go! Run! Jump! Fetch me a drink, will ya?.
Now, doc, you're supposedly a Christian, and I'm pretty sure you must occassionally have come across a bible, or at least seen or heard it quoted.
Even in thegood ole King James version it is "Go forth and multiply! or !Go forth and sin no more! (guy doesn't seem to be able to make his mind up...
)
But you catch my drift, eh, old sport? It hurts my eyes when people commit grammatical sins.
I know you feel the same. So why the sudden urge to break the rules?
Now, go forth and sin no more!