Ye vs Your - What's the difference?
ye | your |
(archaic, outside, Northern England, Cornwall, Ireland) You (the people being addressed).
(obsolete) a (l) person by the use of the (l) (term) instead of thou.
* 1483 , Catholicon Anglicum: An English–Latin Wordbook (Monson 168), page 426
* 1511 , Promptorium Parvulorum (de Worde), sig. M.iii?/2
(archaic, definite) the
* 1647 , The old deluder, Satan, Act''. (cited in ''American Public School Law , K. Alexander, M. Alexander, 1995)
* Ye Olde Medicine Shoppe .
Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).
Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).
A determiner that conveys familiarity and mutual knowledge of the modified noun.
* Glanvill
As a noun ye
is .As a determiner your is
belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).ye
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ye, . See also you.Alternative forms
* (chiefly in Middle English)Pronoun
Usage notes
was originally used only for the nominative case (as the subject), and only for the second-person plural. Later, ye was used as a subject or an object, either singular or plural, which is the way that you is used today.Derived terms
* d'ye * hear ye * ye'd * ye gods * ye'll * ye're * ye'veReferences
*Verb
- To ?e , vosare jn plurali numero vos vestrum vel tibi'' [''perh. read vobis].
- Yeyn or sey ye with worshyp, viso .
Synonyms
* (l) (obsolete)Antonyms
* (l) (obsolete)Etymology 2
From (etyl) , but the letters were conflated when that was dropped.Article
(head)- It being one cheife proiect of ye''' ould deluder, Satan, to keepe men from the knowledge of v Scriptures, as in formr times by keeping ym in an unknowne tongue, so in these lattr times by perswading from '''ye''' use of tongues, yt so at least '''ye''' true sence & meaning of '''ye''' originall might be clouded by false glosses of saint seeming deceivers, yt learning may not be buried in '''ye church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting or endeavors,—
Derived terms
* ye oldeStatistics
*your
English
(wikipedia your)Determiner
- Let's meet tomorrow at your convenience .
- Is this your cat?
- Not your average Tom, Dick and Harry.
- Your Show of Shows
- Your World with Neil Cavuto
- Not Your Average Travel Guide
- Like your heroes of antiquity, he charges in iron.