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To: Jess Kitting
English has only one word for "you." Some languages have two, or more. ("You" [everyone in the room] and "You" [just the one I'm talking to]).

"You" - singular.

"Y'all" - plural

20 posted on 10/02/2018 5:39:34 AM PDT by TexasKamaAina
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To: TexasKamaAina
That's been changed.

"Y'all" now means you, and the small group of people with you, as a single unit. "Y'all come over here, I want to show you something."

"All Y'all" is the plural, meaning all the little groups of people. "All Y'all come back to your seats, we're about to begin."

-PJ

78 posted on 10/11/2018 12:49:10 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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