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Thee vs Them - What's the difference?

thee | them |

As pronouns the difference between thee and them

is that thee is Objective case of thou.them is Objective case of they: third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb.

As a verb thee

is to address (somebody) as "thee"; to thou.

As a noun thee

is the name of the letter ⟨(⟩, which stands for the th sound {{IPA|/ð/|lang=en}} in Pitman shorthand.

As a determiner them is

those.

thee

English

(wikipedia thee)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) thee, the, from (etyl) . More at (l).

Pronoun

  • (archaic, literary)
  • * 1598 , Shakespeare, Henry IV part 1 , 1.2.49-50:
  • Prince Henry: Did I ever call for thee to pay thy part?
    Falstaff: No; I'll give thee thy due, thou hast paid all there.
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  • (Quaker, Amish, Pennsylvania Dutch English) Thou.
  • * Thee is a little strange, I think.
  • Usage notes
    When used in place of the nominative thou, thee uses the third-person singular form of verbs (see example at "quotations").

    Verb

  • To address (somebody) as "thee"; to thou.
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    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (Scotland)

    Verb

  • To thrive; prosper.
  • * Spenser
  • Well mote thee , as well can wish your thought.
    Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 3

    : From Pitman zee , which it is related to phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The name of the letter ?( ?, which stands for the th sound in Pitman shorthand.
  • Anagrams

    * English personal pronouns ----

    them

    English

    (wikipedia them)

    Pronoun

  • Give it to them . (after preposition)
    She wrote them a letter. (indirect object)
    She treated them for a cold. (direct object)
  • If someone comes and asks for the ticket, just give it to them . (after preposition)
    If one of my patients calls, please bring them their dinner. (indirect object)
    If a student has an inappropriate question, whatever you do, do not berate them . (direct object)
  • * 1611 , King James Bible , :
  • If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, [t]hen shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
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  • Usage notes

    * Regarding the use of singular them , see they .

    Determiner

    (en determiner)
  • (dialectal) those
  • * 2005 , Elmer Kelton, Sons of Texas , Tor/Forge (2005), page 111:
  • " Them two wild horses ain't fit to ride, and I been wonderin' how I was goin' to get you out of this place before them Spanish maybe circle back and finish the job."
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  • Them kids need to grow up.

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