| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| ye 1 (pron.) |
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| was in Old English (spelled ge) and Middle English (spelled with y) the nominative case second person plural personal pronoun, familiar to speakers of Modern English through the language of the King James Bible and its successors. In later centuries ye became the second person singular nominative pronoun as well, and finally in some dialects it filled the second person functions for both singular and plural, nominative and accusative (just as you does today). Ye is now archaic. | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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