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Usenet Posted 22 years ago
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Runneth over

Hi,
"Maybe you want to let your cup runneth over."
Can anyone paraphrase this sentence doing away with the word "runneth" without loosing its beauty?
What's the status of the word "runneth" in modern usage. I know its sense and meaning. But, I ask this because both OALD & CALD don't have this word.
regards,
Shine.
  

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[/nq] Personally, I think you could substitute 'runnetheth' for 'runneth' without loosing any beauty at all. At all. John Dean Oxford

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[nq:1]Hi, "Maybe you want to let your cup runneth over." Can anyone paraphrase this sentence doing away with the word "runneth" without loosing its beauty?[/nq]
Personally, I think you could substitute 'runnetheth' for 'runneth' without loosing any beauty at all. At all.

John Dean
Oxford
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[nq:1]Hi, "Maybe you want to let your cup runneth over." Can anyone paraphrase this sentence doing away with the word ... usage. I know its sense and meaning. But, I ask this because both OALD & CALD don't have this word.[/nq]
It means exactly the same as the verb 'runs'. You couldn't use 'runs' in that way, so you can't use 'runneth'.
You could say
Maybe you want to let your cup run o
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[nq:1]Hi, "Maybe you want to let your cup runneth over." Can anyone paraphrase this sentence doing away with the word ... usage. I know its sense and meaning. But, I ask this because both OALD & CALD don't have this word.[/nq]
How about "speweth forth"?
Don
Kansas City
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[nq:2]Hi, "Maybe you want to let your cup runneth over." ... this because both OALD & CALD don't have this word.[/nq]
[nq:1]It means exactly the same as the verb 'runs'. You couldn't use 'runs' in that way, so you can't use 'runneth'. You could say Maybe you want to let your cup run over. or Maybe you like it when your cup runneth over. john[/nq]
From a Google search, I see that "let your
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[nq:2]Hi, "Maybe you want to let your cup runneth over." ... this because both OALD & CALD don't have this word.[/nq]
[nq:1]It means exactly the same as the verb 'runs'. You couldn't use 'runs' in that way, so you can't use 'runneth'. You could say Maybe you want to let your cup run over. or Maybe you like it when your cup runneth over.[/nq]
John speaketh the truth, mate.
Adrian
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[nq:1]Hi, "Maybe you want to let your cup runneth over." Can anyone paraphrase this sentence doing away with the word "runneth" without loosing its beauty?[/nq]
It has no beauty. It is gramatically incorrect.
"Maybe you want to let your cup run over".
[nq:1]What's the status of the word "runneth" in modern usage. I know its sense and meaning. But, I ask this because both OALD & CALD do
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"Let it run" is not in the subjunctive. "Run" there is an infinitive, and "let" is a verb in the imperative.

Raymond S. Wise
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
E-mail: mplray @ yahoo . com
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