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Old 12-17-2008, 10:05 PM
BrianT
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The rumor I was originally referring to is the idea that -eth/-est endings indicate an ongoing/continual action rather than a one-time event, and that therefore dropping these archaic endings result in loss of meaning in more modern English. For example, some KJV-only supporters I have met in the past argued that "believe" in the KJV means one-time belief, while "believeth" means ongoing belief. Since this is not true, simplifying the grammar by dropping these endings does not result in any loss of meaning. "God loves" does not have any less meaning than "God loveth".