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Till death do us part “Till death do us part” Is this grammatically correct? Considering the noun 'death' singular, shouldn't it be "Till death does us part" ?
2017年1月18日 12:53
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not exactly. It should be: 'Til death do us part 'Til is an abbreviation for until. Till is something the cashier puts your money into at a supermarket.
2017年1月18日
In older forms of English, most conjunctions took the subjunctive; e.g. "before I be put to death", "If it be the last thing I shall ever do"... It shouldn't be 'does' because in 'Til death do us part' we are using a subjunctive. I think you should look at this phrase as an idiom more than anything else.
2017年1月18日
Yes
2017年1月18日
It's also sometimes "till death us do part." Either way, yes, grammatically correct, and even if it weren't - that's the phrase.
2017年1月18日
Definitely. It is probably considered archaic nowadays, but still correct.
2017年1月18日
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