Posted by Bob on June 26, 2007, 23:09:15, in reply to "Auxiliary "To Do"" By 1550 we said 'Seest thou?' half of the time and 'Do you see?' 50% of the time. By 1700 we said 'Do you see?' 90% of the time. As English lost its infections, its word order became more fixed. I hope that helps. Cheers then, Bob. p.s. a guy called Görlach has investigated this.
Ok, in 1400 we only said Seest thou? 
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