> -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Shepherd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 2:17 PM > To: Lute Net > Subject: [LUTE] Re: I saw my lady weep > > Dear David, > > Having studied with the late Robert Spencer at roughly the > same time as you, I too wish he were still here to ask.... > > But I think the plural noun commonly took a singular verb > form in Elizabethan English.
That's what I said. > Sorry I can't (at the moment) > come up with other examples or references, but I don't think > sloppiness comes into it - spelling was indeed very variable, > but the grammar was fairly consistent. Once again, see Abbott. Best wishes, Rainer aus dem Spring IS department, development Tel.: +49 211-5296-355 Fax.: +49 211-5296-405 SMTP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ********************************************************************** CONFIDENTIALITY DISCLAIMER The information in this email and in any attachments is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy this message, delete any copies held on your systems and notify the sender immediately. You should not retain, copy or use this email for any purpose outside of any NDA currently existing between Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH and yourselves. ********************************************************************** To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
