Talk:you understood
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- 1869, George Payn Quackenbos, An English Grammar, page 98:
- The subject of a verb in the imperative mood is generally understood. Thou or you understood is the subject in each of the examples just given:—Do not thou or you talk, &c.
- 1889, Practical English Grammar and Correspondence: For Use in Business Colleges, Normal and High Schools and Advanced Classes in Public Schools, page 4:
- Bring me flowers. This is a sentence; imperative, simple (why?). Thou or you understood is the subject; bring is the predicate verb (why?). The predicate verb is modified by flowers, a direct objective, and by me, an indirect objective element.
- -sche (discuss) 07:06, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
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See Wiktionary:Tea room/2023/October#you_understood. Seeking evidence that this is used in any idiomatic way, which would help determine whether it should be included. If it's just found in places like "imperative, with you understood", I dispute that that's using a noun "you understood", it seems rather to be using "you" and "understood" separately like "what the, with hell cut off". - -sche (discuss) 15:21, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
- failed Denazz (talk) 20:06, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- I have added a ref to restart this discussion. Will get more refs soon.--Dmol (talk) 21:46, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- Quote and another reference added. --Dmol (talk) 22:02, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- I have added a ref to restart this discussion. Will get more refs soon.--Dmol (talk) 21:46, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- OK, between the books linked in the Tea Room discussion and those provided here, I am convinced this exists and am withdrawing my RFV. - -sche (discuss) 03:35, 9 October 2024 (UTC)