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Old 05-15-2013, 03:13 PM
AlphaFrog AlphaFrog is offline
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Originally Posted by fascination View Post
13. "Y'all" is ALWAYS plural.
If you are speaking to a single person and ask if "ya'll" (you ALL) are coming over tonight, it means that you want to know if "you and your family/roommate/additional people (who may or may not be present)" are coming over tonight.
If you are speaking to a single person and ask if "ya'll" are coming over tonight, but you only meant to refer to that one person, well, you sound stupid.

Y'all is always plural. Always.
The apostrophe always goes between the "y" and the "all". There are no missing letters in "all".
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