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Cloudpixie Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Is there a past tense form of "runneth"?

Hello,

Could you please tell me if there is a past tense form of the word "runneth"? Or is that same for both present "runs" and past form "ran"?

For ex, He claimed that his cup runneth over. (Is this grammatically correct as it is?)

  

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ranneth I hope you realize that the words 'ranneth' and 'runneth' are archaic. If you use them in everyday modern English, you will sound silly.

— Clive

  • ranneth I hope you realize that the words 'ranneth' and 'runneth' are archaic.
  • If you use them in everyday modern English, you will sound silly.
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ranneth

I hope you realize that the words 'ranneth' and 'runneth' are archaic. If you use them in everyday modern English, you will sound silly.

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You are delving into the grammatical forms of Middle English era. For present tense, Modern English does not use the -th form on third person singular; it uses the -s ending. The -th ending was not used for past tense.

cloudpixieFor ex, He claimed that his cup runneth over. (Is this grammatically correct as it is?)

It is not correct in Modern Engli

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Hello! I hope it is not too late to answer you.


If I understand you correctly, you're looking for the simple past of "My cup runneth over."


My cup runneth over is either present tense (My cup runs over; it's overflowing), or present continuous (My cup is running over; it's overflowing). [Fun fact: In Swedish, we have the same "simple-present-tense-can-imply-the-present-

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