Shakespeare's Third Person Form

U was preferred because when you used u, you didn't have to put an ending on the verb. Other theory is that it was socially neutral and allowed speakers to avoid making social distinctions. But these two theories are not mutually exclusive. They don't contradict each other. In fact, they actually reinforce each other. So a phrase like thou seest was gradually replaced by u c. That's the second person form. But what about the third person form? Well again, shakespeare and early modern English initially retained that old english form. As we saw, the old english conjugation of he deams was hay damith. So a t h ending was required. This was the standard