# Why Does Shakespeare Sometimes Say '-eth' and Sometimes '-es'?

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**Created:** [August 17, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-shakespeare-sometimes-say-eth-and-sometimes-es/949027 "2021-08-17T18:06:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-shakespeare-sometimes-say-eth-and-sometimes-es/949027/11 "2021-08-17T22:40:29Z")

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> [@GreysonCarlisle](#):
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> Thanks for the welcome! Yeah, I was gone for a year and some change. I’m glad to hear that the tutorial is still useful. Hope it’s not too out of date.

The main difference is that [we have MathJax now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mathjax-has-been-added-in-to-the-sdmb-like-tex-latex/945190), so we do have the ability to write in glorious \small\color{cyan}\textsf{C}\color{orange}\textsf{O}\color{lime}\textsf{L}\color{olive}\textsf{O}\color{red}\textsf{R}

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