Tuesday, 9 February 2016

It's incorrect to say "His mercies endureth forever"

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

 See this: "For the Lord is good and His mercies endureth forever." You will agree with me that that is a song sung by most christian faithful. Sorry, that's a blunder. The "th" that you see attached to "endure" is just the 's' you add to any verb to indicate the simple present tense form. Say: His mercies endure forever. or His mercy endureth/endures forever. May I tell you that the difference between"endureth" and "endure" is that while the former is Old English, the latter is Modern English. Do you now know better?

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