Re: ?Computerworld? article

[Wayne <wmcalpine@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

And y'all's is plural possessive.


Jay Maynard wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 05:03:41PM -0500, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > Mark Allen wrote:
> >
> > > Come on Rob if youse is gonna try t' speek Suthern, git it rite
> > > Y'all=singular
> > > Y'alls=plural
> >
> > You're wrong.  A true southerner never uses y'all in the singular.
>
>
> Indeed not. Y'all came about because of confusion between the singular and
> plural uses of the word "you". "You" works fine for the singular. "Y'all" is
> the plural, and really large groups can be addressed as "all y'all".
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