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SheltieBites Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Full Mind

http://books.google.com/books?id=HOiXAhKkTNEC&pg=PA359&dq=%22in+full+mind%22&hl=en&ei=IO8vT6CiLIa...
"Staveley and Middleton claimed that they were in full mind to meddle no further with the said insurrection."

What is "in full mind"? Does it mean "with full intention"?
  

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Englishmen spoke differently in 1537 than we do now. "in full mind' = without a doubt

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  • "in full mind' = without a doubt
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Englishmen spoke differently in 1537 than we do now.

"in full mind' = without a doubt
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So, it is old English and I should not worry myself over it?
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SheltieBitesSo, it is old English and I should not worry myself over it?
It is not Old English.
Probably would be characterized, as are Shakespeare's works, as Early Modern English.
Many of the expressions and meanings in older forms of the English language have changed or fallen into disuse. But if you want to read literature from this period, you wil
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