Sometimes especially when I am reading books or quotes, I encounter verbs ending in -th. Is that an arcaic form? How should I properly translate them? Answer Verbs ending in -eth are an archaic way of forming the 3rd person singular present, so for example: sayeth => says goeth => goes Beyond that, I can’t … Read more
My son is learning how to spell. He is doing a good job listening to sounds and working out spelling that way (which doesn’t work for many words, but at least a lot of common ones), but although he’s gotten the -ing chunk, he frequently misses doubling letters in these words. Is there a guideline … Read more
Why is the phrase here be dragons not here are dragons? Is this a special grammatical form? If so, what is it? I found a related ELU question on the topic. Answer I thought I’d add this as well, just for those who are inferring that "Here Be Dragons" is an inference on the illiteracy … Read more
