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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
- 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?
- 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)?
- 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
- Thank you all — wrong or right? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
"Thank you all" is correct because the "I" is implied The verb "to thank" is correctly conjugated as "thank" for the subject "I " Correct as is! The word "you", in English, can be singular or plural This is different than in some other languages such as French where there is a distinction between "tu" and "vous" that can either be the formality of the situation or if the addressed are plural
- 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
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