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- Yall or yall? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
If anything, isn't ya'll a contraction of you will (where you is written as ya, as in "ya know")? Otherwise, the only explanation I can come up with for why someone would ever spell it ya'll is through (mistaken) analogy with contractions like I'll, he'll, etc
- How correct is the Southern colloquialism yall in correct English . . .
It's unclear what you r question is? Is it the one in the title (how correct is "y'all") or is it the one n the body (is it correctly punctuated capitalized)?
- When did “y’all” become improper? - English Language Usage . . .
It is my understanding that the contraction y’all was considered correct American English in times past At what point was this word removed from valid American English?
- Why is you all contracted to yall and not youll?
Compare: you'll [you will] juːl you will: The longer vowel is on the former word: (y) ou, so the contraction retains it and drops the shorter vowel sound (w) i ll – you'll y'all [you all] jɔːl you all: The longer vowel is on the latter word: a (ll), so the contraction retains it and drops the shorter vowel sound (y) ou – y'all
- Alternatives to yall? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I am trying to write one of my first stories right now and I keep getting stuck on one thing I have lived in Texas my whole life and so I am used to saying "Y'all" to refer to a group small or lar
- How do you write the short form of you all?
The short form is pronounced as "yoll", but what is the actual spelling? Is it "y'all"? Any official mention of the spelling? Example useage: "Where are you-all going" Pronounced as "Where are yoll
- single word requests - What is the possessive form of yall . . .
I generally hear y'alls's used as the possessive form, but I have also heard yourn Since y'all is a colloquial pronoun, its possessive form is basically liberated from prescriptive linguistics which
- The case of yall - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
All of these sound perfectly fine to me, although the BBQ I'd personal go with y'all's place instead of y'all, and the party would be for all y'all to emphasize the individuals
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