Nick Bensema nickb at fnord.io.com
Sun Nov 19 01:32:01 EST 2000

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In article <Vx3DZGAw1j05Ewsn at ntlworld.com>,
Ian Hobson  <ian.hobson at ntlworld.com> wrote:
>In article <39D22A2E.5D870956 at san.rr.com>, Darren New <dnew at san.rr.com>
>writes
>>
>>I think if it was "thou program" then it's 3rd person that's "wrong", while
>>if it's "thou programs" it's first person that's "wrong".
>>
>From ear, "thou programmest" sounds more correct.
>
>And the 3rd singular s used to be eth - "He programmeth"

Also, plural verbs used to end in "en" -- "they programmen".  Depending
on how far back you go, of course.

For bonus points, use "program" in the passive progressive tense.

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