To: Yaelle
I use “y’all” all the time in email. There is no plural “you” in modern english. The use of “y’all” helps to disambiguate.
40 posted on
09/14/2016 7:48:21 AM PDT by
zeugma
(Welcome to the "interesting times" you were warned about.)
To: zeugma
Actually, “y’all” is singular. “ALL y’all” is plural.
53 posted on
09/14/2016 8:36:46 AM PDT by
60Gunner
(The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. - Plato)
To: zeugma
There is no plural “you” in modern english. The use of “y’all” helps to disambiguate. y'all is singular.
All y'all is plural.
Except in the northeast it's yuze guys.
59 posted on
09/14/2016 9:29:30 AM PDT by
bankwalker
(Does a fish know that it's wet?)
To: zeugma
“y’all” is singluar. “All y’all” is the plural form.
75 posted on
09/15/2016 8:17:37 AM PDT by
Cboldt
To: zeugma
I have to take back my contention about y'all being singular. That was my impression, and a mistaken one at that.
Wikipedia on y'all77 posted on
09/15/2016 8:34:23 AM PDT by
Cboldt
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