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Grammar question - 'where would you I'

Is this grammatically correct: "Where would you I (verb) the (noun)?"
  

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' It appears to me to be correct (as a question of preference), but an antiquated form no longer used today. What say ye, fellow grammarians?

— Mister Micawber

  • ' It appears to me to be correct (as a question of preference), but an antiquated form no longer used today.
  • What say ye, fellow grammarians?
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'Where would you (that) I put the escutcheon, my liege?'

It appears to me to be correct (as a question of preference), but an antiquated form no longer used today. What say ye, fellow grammarians?
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Or: "Where would you have me place the napkin?"
Less antiquated, No?
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I say I would not even have tried to contextualize it.
I would have said "no"!

Fellow grammarian.
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