[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: JK Rowling pens a Harry Potter prequel / War of Roses/Holmes?Figg/Walpurga

Lee Storm(God Is The Healing Force) n2fgc at arrl.net
Sun Jun 8 23:52:10 UTC 2008


[Lady Carol of the Hogwarts Editorial Staff wrote:
| In the name of the grammar police, I hope you'll forgive me for
| pointing out that it's "didst thou" ("thee" is objective case; "thou"
| is nominative case).

[Lee]:
Ah--then we'll also have to correct Frances Hodgson Burnett for her use of
"thee" in _The_Secret_Garden.  In her refs to Yorkshire speech, she has
characters saying things , "Why can thee not..." or "how did thee find..."
(don't ask me for chapter and page, please!) :-)

Glad you've got your computer back up and running.  I just had a hellacious
time recovering my inbox after deleting its entire contents.  I've only lost
4 days worth of personal mail, one piece of which broke my heart.  But,
considering, it could have been much more worserer! (Nyah-Nyah to the
grammar police.) :-)

Cheers,

Lee :-)

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