Till death do us part
“Till death do us part” Is this grammatically correct?
Considering the noun 'death' singular, shouldn't it be "Till death does us part" ?
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not exactly.
It should be: 'Til death do us part
'Til is an abbreviation for until. Till is something the cashier puts your money into at a supermarket.
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In older forms of English, most conjunctions took the subjunctive; e.g. "before I be put to death", "If it be the last thing I shall ever do"...
It shouldn't be 'does' because in 'Til death do us part' we are using a subjunctive.
I think you should look at this phrase as an idiom more than anything else.
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Yes
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It's also sometimes "till death us do part." Either way, yes, grammatically correct, and even if it weren't - that's the phrase.
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Definitely. It is probably considered archaic nowadays, but still correct.
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