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In English (that was Shakespeare's language you know) it is a second person singular accusative pronoun, an alternate to 'you'. However, "you" is also the second person singular nominative pronoun and the plural nominative and accusative pronoun as well. Is all this grammatical terminology confusing? Maybe some examples will help.

1. "I love you, Jane". There's only one Jane, and she is the object of the loving. You can say "I love thee, Jane" instead.

2. "To all my many fans, all I can say is that I love you." The fans are the object of the love alright but there are many of them so you cannot use "thee" here; you must use "you".

3. "Jane, you are the light of my life." There's only one Jane, but she is the subject of the sentence. You can't say "thee are the light of my life"; you have to use the nominative pronoun "thou" and the special verb form that goes with it, in this case "art" instead of "are".

4. "My fans, you have stuck by me all these years" OK, this is right out. There are lots of fans and they are the subject of the sentence. You've got to use "you".

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