Alan B. Pearce wrote:

>> One part of this is IMO that the English language doesn't provide (to my
>> knowledge) an easy way to distinguish between "you" (singular) and
>> "you" (plural).
> 
> My reaction is to say "yes it does", but the singular has dropped out of
> use.
> 
> The singular for you is "thou", as used in the Bible, and the plural is
> "you".

I didn't know that. While I of course have heard and read "thou" before, I
had no idea that it is the singular of "you" -- and I had no idea that
"you" is plural! Even though it makes sense, now that I know it.

Is this general knowledge, or am I in good company? :)

FWIW http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thou

Gerhard

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