NancyLebovitz comments on Rationality Quotes February 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 18 February 2012 05:48:43PM 1 point [-]

Good point. Googling "Dost thou havest a " turns up two results, one of which is Eliezer's comment.

On the other hand, my instincts aren't perfect. I'd have bet that "havest" wasn't a word, but it is. "Hast" is a contraction of "havest".

I was wondering whether the problem was that "dost havest" is redundant, but "havest thou a" doesn't turn up anything period.

Comment author: [deleted] 18 February 2012 06:31:46PM 2 points [-]

Yeah, “dost thou havest” would be much like “does he has”...