Janice Harayda
Aug 31, 2023

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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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Janice Harayda
Janice Harayda

Written by Janice Harayda

Critic, novelist, award-winning journalist. Former book editor of the Plain Dealer and book columnist for Glamour. Words in NYT, WSJ, and other major media.

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