English (was: Volatile declaration in C++)

Daniel Elbaum dan at oresoft.uu.net
Thu Oct 19 04:54:36 AEST 1989


In article <8237 at bunker.UUCP> garys at bunker.UUCP (Gary M. Samuelson) writes:
:In article <2441 at munnari.oz.au> ok at cs.mu.oz.au (Richard O'Keefe) writes:
:>In article <4176 at pegasus.ATT.COM>, psrc at pegasus.ATT.COM (Paul S. R. Chisholm) writes:
:>> And the multitudes ... did sayest, "Huh?"
:
:>English again:  "sayest" is second-person singular present indicative.
:
:Not only that, but it should be the auxiliary which is inflected:
:"Thou didst say," for example.
:
:Gary Samuelson


so, in 3rd person,
	And the multitudes ... did say, "Huh?"

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