Once I did love her so= Once I loved her so. First sentence just emphasize the verb.
I would write the negative form like this: Once I didn't love her so.( Of course it sounds weird semantically.)
Doll wrote: Once I did love her so= Once I loved her so. First sentence just emphasize the verb. I would write the negative form like this: Once I didn't love her so.( Of course it sounds weird semantically.)
Thanks; Doll, but I was asking how it WAS written or said in the past, and not how you would say it.
Is that indeed the "older form", Milky? I was under the impression that "use to" in that sense dated back at least to ME.
MrP
MrPedantic wrote: Is that indeed the "older form", Milky? I was under the impression that "use to" in that sense dated back at least to ME. MrP
Which period of ME are you thinking of? As I understand it, I'm talking abou pre-1300.
Forbes wrote:I never did love her so? or I did never love her so?
That sounds like a comment on the present stae of a relationship, IMO.
Milky wrote: Which period of ME are you thinking of? As I understand it, I'm talking abou pre-1300.
Well, that would be Early ME.
Do you have any pre-1300 examples of this usage?
MrPedantic wrote: Milky wrote: Which period of ME are you thinking of? As I understand it, I'm talking abou pre-1300. Well, that would be Early ME. Do you have any pre-1300 examples of this usage? MrP
Not to hand. Do you have any pre-1300 examples of "used to"? BTW; what's your take on the thread question regarding the negative form of "I did (didst) love her so"?
