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It might be helpful to bring back use of 'thou' and 'thee'
[Chicago Final Edition]
Chicago Tribune
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Chicago, Ill.
A. In the late 1400s, English had a second person pronoun system that worked this way: "Thou" was the singular subject ("Thou must ..."), "thee" the singular object ("... for thee"), "ye" the plural subject and "you" the plural object. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction or distribution is prohibited without permission.
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