Aug 31, 2023
Exactly. "Y'all" declines the pronoun "you." You can always tell someone is trying to pass for a Southerner when they use "y'all" to refer to just one person. "Y'all" is always plural.
Exactly. "Y'all" declines the pronoun "you." You can always tell someone is trying to pass for a Southerner when they use "y'all" to refer to just one person. "Y'all" is always plural.
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