Posted on 03/02/2006 6:15:40 AM PST by wreckedangle
Family home of J.W. Booth too pricey for preservationists Lincoln assassin's early residence available for about $1 million
By Justin Fenton Sun reporter
Originally published March 2, 2006
When the family home of Abraham Lincoln's assassin was put up for auction in 1999, preservationists and prospective buyers found that the Gothic home had an appearance to match its ill-fated past: The porch was falling apart. The paint was peeling from the cracking walls. The property was in disarray.
The fate of the home, many feared, was also in danger. Historians, actors and local officials teamed up to make a play for Tudor Hall, an 8-acre property between Bel Air and Churchville, only to be trumped by a young couple who saw it as their dream house
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Please don't change headlines
Y'all - Used when addressing a group of 5 or fewer individuals.
All y'all - Used when addressing more than 5 individuals.
Contrary to popular opinion, however, "y'all" is NEVER used to address just one single individual person.
That's why I used All y'all.
Contrary to popular opinion, however, "y'all" is NEVER used to address just one single individual person.>>>>>>>>
One might hear me use y'all in speaking to a single person but a review of the context of the conversation would reveal that persons not present are included "y'all come to see us Sunday", when addressed to a single person means,"bring the family". This confuses Yankee observors who wind up thinking that y'all is being used in the singular, y'all is a contraction of you all which is the same as all of you and is always plural by definition.
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