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It explains how these forms relate to familiar modern English patterns, clarifies key grammatical and phonetic rules such as thine vs. thy before vowel sounds, and shows how thou functions as a subject. 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The document also explains that learning them can reduce confusion and awkwardness when praying or reading.","Answer",{"name":116,"@type":111,"acceptedAnswer":117},"What is the main rule for deciding between me/my/mine and thee/thy/thine?",{"text":118,"@type":114},"When the modern thought would naturally use first-person pronouns me, my, or mine, the corresponding rhyming second-person forms are appropriate when addressing God.",{"name":120,"@type":111,"acceptedAnswer":121},"When should thy be replaced with thine?",{"text":122,"@type":114},"The document states to use thine instead of thy when the next word begins with a vowel sound, similar to how English chooses a vs. an.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":125,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":127,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":129,"site_id":62},199350,1788505718,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":132},{"doc_id":129,"user_id":133,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":134,"doc_module":4,"category_id":44,"category_name":45,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":135,"file_id":136,"file_url":137,"file_type":138,"file_size":139,"view_count":105,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":19,"language":140,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":141,"faqs":142,"seo_title":143,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":130,"read_time":52},1099523885336,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_276721f389ce27ea32af1340a28f341c","not have sat upright in such a niche. But I have visited tombs in Jerusalem and the Shfelah with arcosolia more than three feet high and have sat upright in them.  \n29. Zvi Greenhut,“Burial Cave of the Caiaphas Family,” Biblical Archaeology Review 18, no. 5 (September/October 1992): 29–36.  \n30. Kloner,“Rolling Stone,” 29.  \n31. Kloner,“Rolling Stone,” 28.  \n32. Kloner,“Rolling Stone,” 29.  \n33. Kloner,“Rolling Stone,” 23–29.  \nTeaching the Usage of Thee and Thou  \nJohn W. Welch  \nJohn W. Welch is a professor of law at BYU and editor-in-chief of BYU Studies.  \nIn his May 1993 general conference address, Elder Dallin H. Oaks encouraged Latter-day Saints to address God by using “special words that have been sanctified by use in inspired communications, words that have been recommended to us and modeled for us by those we sustain as prophets and inspired teachers.”xxxvii 1 In particular, he mentioned the use of the pronouns thee, thou, thy, and thine to show respect to God,xxxviii2 even though those words may seem “archaic   unfamiliar and difficult.”xxxix3 Indeed, using these reverent forms of speech when addressing God in prayer or encountering them in the scriptures can be confusing or awkward. But with a little effort, this small hurdle can be removed for people who wish to use these pronouns more comfortably.  \nThe use of thee and thou has shifted somewhat arbitrarily and loosely over the centuries;xl4 however, I believe the following six guidelines may be helpful in teaching children or other students or useful simply in keeping the basic patterns in mind. These reminders are not intended to create rigid constraints on the free flow of words uttered in love and humility before the Lord because the essence of prayer is not in the parts of speech but in the sincerity of a person’s heart. The following patterns, however, may increase our familiarity with these forms and raise our comfort level, thus building our confidence and openness in speaking this way before the Lord. Using thee-thou language also helps English speakers to learn foreign languages, most of which have two forms ofyou that are used in particular circumstances, depending on the local culture. Guideline 1: Thee is like me. Thy is like my. Thine is like mine.  \nIn other words, in places where it would sound right to use the first-person pronouns me, my, or mine, it is appropriate to use the rhyming second-person forms.  \nFor example, a person would say,“Walk with me.” So in speaking of God, one would say,“Walk with thee”(not with thou) . Similar pairs illustrate this point further:  \nPeople thank me.  \nPeople thank thee.  \nMy mother knows me.  \nMy mother knows thee.  \nThis is my church.  \nThis is thy church.  \nThe glory be mine.  \nThe glory be thine.  \nIndeed, when praying, we can formulate a thought negatively in the first person and then resolve it positively in the second person with respect to God:  \nThat they will glorify not me, but thee.  \nNot my will, but thy will be done.  \nThe thanks be not mine, but thine.  \nObviously, more is at work in improving our language than mechanically mastering an archaic form of speech. Thinking “not me, but thee” and “not my, but thy” can shift our attention away from ourselves and to our Father in Heaven. Speaking this way in prayer also reinforces the close relationship that God desires to foster between us and Him, the me and thee.  \nGuideline 2: Use thine instead of thy when the next word starts with a vowel.  \nThese cases are exceptions to the first guideline. Accordingly:  \nthy son  \nthine only son  \nthy word  \nthine own word  \nThis rule is similar to what happens in using a or an. English usage requires the use of an when the next word begins with a vowel sound: a son  \nan only son  \na day  \nan extraordinary day  \nWhen the main word begins with an h, the usage can go either way. The King James Bible treats the initial h as a vowel, but modern usage is mixed:  \nthy foot  \nthine hand (alternatively, thy hand)  \nthy m","cbCaijZrLDsqvtIe","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijZrLDsqvtIe","pdf",32241,"English","# Teaching the Usage of Thee and Thou\n## Context and purpose\n## Guideline 1: Thee/thou patterns like me/my/mine\n## Guideline 2: Thine instead of thy before vowel sounds\n## Guideline 3: Thou as sentence subject\n## Guideline 4: Ye as plural equivalent\n## Guideline 5: Verb endings when thou is the subject","[{\"question\":\"Why does the document encourage using thee, thou, thy, and thine when speaking to God?\",\"answer\":\"It frames these words as reverent, sanctified forms recommended in inspired communications and used in scripture. 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