overload@sopuli.xyz to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-219 days agoWe all know grammar Nazis. What incorrect grammar are you completely in defence of?message-squaremessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-squareWe all know grammar Nazis. What incorrect grammar are you completely in defence of?overload@sopuli.xyz to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-219 days agomessage-square51fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSoapbox@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 days ago“Y’all” I will die on the hill that it’s more efficient and neutral than the alternatives.
minus-squaregwilikers@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·17 days agoEnglish has to bend over backwards to make up for the fact that it doesn’t have a natural plural 2nd person form. Ye Y’all Youse (Dublin)
minus-squarerunner_g@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days ago“Y’all” and the plural “all y’all” are part of my daily vocabulary. And I’m in no way of southern origin.
“Y’all”
I will die on the hill that it’s more efficient and neutral than the alternatives.
English has to bend over backwards to make up for the fact that it doesn’t have a natural plural 2nd person form.
Ye Y’all Youse (Dublin)
“Y’all” and the plural “all y’all” are part of my daily vocabulary. And I’m in no way of southern origin.