Sep 21, 2010 · Other contractions that cut out sounds (letters are not cut out in contractions—it’s the sounds that matter) include ’tis (etc.), ’cause, the Aussie greeting g’day, and so on. I don’t see how …

Apr 9, 2017 · He points out that many of the citations of yall -singular show the form occurring at the edges of discourse-in greetings, partings, and so forth. The following citation, provided to us by …

May 20, 2014 · 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)?

Jun 28, 2013 · 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: …

Sep 17, 2010 · 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?

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

Jan 12, 2019 · 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...

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

Dec 4, 2020 · 'Y'all' is an idiom, a non-standard variant of 'all of you'. As an idiom, it won't go through every hoop one might expect it to. Just like 'Some of all of you', the twinning of quantifiers is very …

"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 …