Comments Donald Trump’s running mate JD Vance made in 2021 questioning Vice President Kamala Harris’ leadership because she did not have biological children have resurfaced.
It’s confusing because thine has two uses. One is as an adjective (as in “The enemies are thine”) and the other is as a pronoun, but only before a word that starts with a vowel sound, so it would be “thine enemies” but “thy cheek”. In that case, thy/thine works just like a/an.
“Lo, should thine enemies strike thine cheek, thou shalt goatse.”
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It’s confusing because thine has two uses. One is as an adjective (as in “The enemies are thine”) and the other is as a pronoun, but only before a word that starts with a vowel sound, so it would be “thine enemies” but “thy cheek”. In that case, thy/thine works just like a/an.