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First, early English bibles (at least the King James edition) used To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader.
We have almost 200 lists of words from topics as varied as types of butterflies, jackets, currencies, vegetables and knots! @gbutters I was about to say "yous" as an answer lol.
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:) @MrHen. 'Ye're too lazy! What is alternative health care?
English Language & Usage Meta I think ya'll are right about that one..and yes i'm one of those crazy annoying Texans that spell it ya'll. Learn more about Stack Overflow the company
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Anybody can answer On one hand, UK residents are being urged to go to a restaurant and enjoy noshing out.
You're right. Think of masks and what comes to mind? Will correct at once. If not, how does English get around using this form?Thou has now disappeared from common use and is used only to address God.The process resulting in the use of the singular pronoun to express intimacy and the plural pronoun to mark respect or social distance is termed See for instance, in addition to the Latin form above:Even some languages that seem not to comply exactly (because they don't seem to use the 2nd-person plural) actually hide a form a compliance.All in all, English has pushed T-V distinction so far that 'You" was originally plural, "thou" was the singular.There was a shift to using the plural as the polite form, eg.
'Yous two are no' gettin' paid,' he said. Plural is category of grammatical number. (There were philosophical reasons to avoid the formal ye/you, I guess.)
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Featured on Meta You definition: A speaker or writer uses you to refer to the person or people that they are talking or... | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples 'Plural' means a quantity of more than one.
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When you talk about a plural, you're talking about more than one.
I'm not sure that it has survived the 21C, however.In written English, there is another less formal variant: 'Personal pronouns are used as the subject, object, or complement in a clause. It thus became indicative of being a Quaker, which made everyone else stop using it.
lolPrinting press would have been another reason. Plural nouns must have correct agreement with their verbs and adjectives. It can mean any of the following: Single "you"; plural "you"; "us" or "we"; any usage of "all", "all y'all", "you and your friends".
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(that is, you'd use it for a king, pretty much nothing less)@snumpy And don't forget the verbal forms, like "vos sos" (you are), coming from "vosotros sois"Always wondered why them damn Yorkies spoke like that lolThe second person singular survived in a number of working class British dialects until at least the late 20C. Does your subconscious link them to glamour and derring-do…or pleasure…or even terror? And best of all it's ad free, so sign up now and start using at home or in the classroom.
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Thx.Note that German "Sie" is 3rd person plural, 2nd person plural is "ihr".Italian now uses "Lei" (3rd feminine person, singular) as a courtesy form. One article mentioning this is "Language and the Culture of Gender" (Michael Silverstein, 1985) which also blames social forces for "they" and "their" taking over as gender-neutral 3rd person singular. English Language & Usage Stack Exchange works best with JavaScript enabled
First, early English bibles (at least the King James edition) used To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader.
We have almost 200 lists of words from topics as varied as types of butterflies, jackets, currencies, vegetables and knots! @gbutters I was about to say "yous" as an answer lol.
Start here for a quick overview of the site Definition, Rechtschreibung, Synonyme und Grammatik von 'Youtube' auf Duden online nachschlagen.
:) @MrHen. 'Ye're too lazy! What is alternative health care?
English Language & Usage Meta I think ya'll are right about that one..and yes i'm one of those crazy annoying Texans that spell it ya'll. Learn more about Stack Overflow the company
Anybody can ask a question
Anybody can answer On one hand, UK residents are being urged to go to a restaurant and enjoy noshing out.
You're right. Think of masks and what comes to mind? Will correct at once. If not, how does English get around using this form?Thou has now disappeared from common use and is used only to address God.The process resulting in the use of the singular pronoun to express intimacy and the plural pronoun to mark respect or social distance is termed See for instance, in addition to the Latin form above:Even some languages that seem not to comply exactly (because they don't seem to use the 2nd-person plural) actually hide a form a compliance.All in all, English has pushed T-V distinction so far that 'You" was originally plural, "thou" was the singular.There was a shift to using the plural as the polite form, eg.
'Yous two are no' gettin' paid,' he said. Plural is category of grammatical number. (There were philosophical reasons to avoid the formal ye/you, I guess.)
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Featured on Meta You definition: A speaker or writer uses you to refer to the person or people that they are talking or... | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples 'Plural' means a quantity of more than one.
Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache. Discuss the workings and policies of this site
When you talk about a plural, you're talking about more than one.
I'm not sure that it has survived the 21C, however.In written English, there is another less formal variant: 'Personal pronouns are used as the subject, object, or complement in a clause. It thus became indicative of being a Quaker, which made everyone else stop using it.
lolPrinting press would have been another reason. Plural nouns must have correct agreement with their verbs and adjectives. It can mean any of the following: Single "you"; plural "you"; "us" or "we"; any usage of "all", "all y'all", "you and your friends".
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(that is, you'd use it for a king, pretty much nothing less)@snumpy And don't forget the verbal forms, like "vos sos" (you are), coming from "vosotros sois"Always wondered why them damn Yorkies spoke like that lolThe second person singular survived in a number of working class British dialects until at least the late 20C. Does your subconscious link them to glamour and derring-do…or pleasure…or even terror? And best of all it's ad free, so sign up now and start using at home or in the classroom.
Detailed answers to any questions you might have
Thx.Note that German "Sie" is 3rd person plural, 2nd person plural is "ihr".Italian now uses "Lei" (3rd feminine person, singular) as a courtesy form. One article mentioning this is "Language and the Culture of Gender" (Michael Silverstein, 1985) which also blames social forces for "they" and "their" taking over as gender-neutral 3rd person singular. English Language & Usage Stack Exchange works best with JavaScript enabled