Thee/thou
I never quite got my head around when thee and thou were used. Hence this table. I've learnt this for other (Western European) languages, but was never taught English at this level.
| Nominative | Objective | Genitive | Possessive | |
| 1st Person | ||||
| singular | I | me | my / mine | mine |
| plural | we | us | our | ours |
2nd Person | ||||
| singular informal | thou | thee | thy / thine | thine |
| plural or formal singular | ye | you | your | yours |
3rd Person | ||||
| singular | he / she / it | him / her / it | his / her / its | his / hers / its |
| plural | they | them | their | theirs |
-ough
Have you ever noticed how the words that end in -ough sound dissimilar?
rhymes with puff (of smoke)
enough, tough, rough
rhymes with low (the opposite of high)
bough, though
rhymes with off
cough
rhymes with toe (at the end of your feet)
dough
rhymes with cow (the four legged animal)
Slough
rhymes with zoo
through
rhymes with a-ha (sort of)
borough, thorough
rhymes with rock
Loughlin
rhymes with door (the "ough" bit rhymes with door)
fought, nought, ought, sought
-or
Have you ever noticed how many words sounds like they end in -or, but can be spelt any number of ways?
boar, boor, bore, chore, core, door, flaw, floor, for, fore, four, gnaw, gore, law, lore, moor, more, maw, nor, oar, or, ore, poor, pore, raw, roar, saw, shaw, shore, soar, sore, store, sure, thaw, Thor, tore, war, whore, wore, yore, your, you're
Six more words
Tomorrow I will read a book. Yesterday I read a book. My hat blew off in the wind. I need to wind the clock. Yesterday I wound the clock. I cut myself and I have a wound.
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-wright
millwright playwright shipwright wainwright wheelwright |
-monger
costermonger fashionmonger fellmonger fishmonger gossipmonger hatemonger ironmonger newsmonger phrasemonger rumormonger scandalmonger scaremonger warmonger whoremonger wordmonger |
-smith
blacksmith coppersmith goldsmith gunsmith locksmith metalsmith silversmith songsmith tinsmith tunesmith whitesmith wordsmith |
*…*ine
the complete list
| Ovine: | Sheep | |
| Bovine: | Cows | |
| Porcine: | Pigs | |
| Equine: | Horses | |
| Canine: | Dogs | |
| Feline: | Cats | |
| Psittacine: | Parrots | |
| Piscine: | Fish |  |
| Leonine: | Lions | |
| Tigrine: | Tigers | |
| Larine: | Seagulls |  |
| Ursine: | Bears | |
| Murine: | Mice | |
| Cuniculine: | Rabbits |  |
| Lupine: | Wolves | |
| Vulpine: | Foxes | |
| Lutrine: | Otters | |
| Rattine: | Rats | |
| Papiline: | Butterflies |  |
| Elephantine: | Elephants | |
| Hystrine: | Porcupines | |
| Scorpine: | Scorpions | |
| Ranine: | Frogs | |
| Bufine: | Toads | |
| Bubine: | Owls |  |
| Bosine: | Oxen | |
| Tabanine: | Gadflies | |
| Sciurine: | Squirrels | |
| Cetine: | Whales | |
| Mannuline: | Ponies | |
| Vermine: | Worms |
| Serpentine: | Snakes | |
 | Cocchline: | Snails |
| Blattine: | Cockroaches | |
| Dracine: | Dragons | |
| Delphine: | Dolphins | |
 | Asinine: | Donkeys |
| Grilline: | Grasshoppers | |
| Culine: | Mosquitoes | |
 | Muscine: | Flies |
| Puline: | Fleas | |
| Pulline: | Foals | |
| Aselline: | Baby Donkeys | |
| Monocerine: | Unicorns | |
| Testudine: | Turtles | |
| Turturine: | Turtle Doves | |
| Hirundine: | Swallows | |
 | Aquiline: | Eagles |
| Anasine: | Ducks | |
| Panterine: | Panthers | |
| Vulturine: | Vultures | |
| Gallinine: | Chickens | |
| Caperine: | Goats | |
| Anserine: | Geese | |
| Camelopardaline: | Giraffes | |
| Dorcine: | Gazelles | |
| Talpine: | Moles | |
| Renine: | Reindeers | |
| Leopardine: | Leopards | |
| Agnine: | Lambs | |
| Locustine: | Locusts | |
| Lacertine: | Lizards |