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srimes said:
Ima get out my soap box here. It's "ya'll," not "y'all."
Spelling it "y'all" came from yankees misunderstanding the word.
Ya don't wanna look like a damn yankee, do ya?
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I see it written dozens of times a day and it's always y'all, so I don't know where you got that spelling.
 
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srimes said:
I know that's the popular spelling but I maintain that's wrong. Show me 1 other contraction that uses the entire 2nd word.
I'm prepared to die on this hill.
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I've read a bunch of articles and explanations and have seen it written hundreds of times, I think you're going to die alone on that hill :ROFLMAO:
 
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Wildman said:
https://writingexplained.org/yall-or-ya-ll-difference

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-fiction/yall-vs-ya-ll-grammar-rules

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y'all

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Naw. They don't make sense. The leap to the wrong conclusion, even when they lay it out:

"Here are some example contractions:
  • He + Is = He's
  • We + Will = We'll
  • They + Are = They're
  • I + Have = I've
So, y'all is the correct contraction for "you + all," right? Of course, it is, y'all."
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Let's [let +(u)s] try again highlighting the dropped letter(s).
  • He + (I)s = He's
  • We + (Wi)ll = We'll
  • They + (A)re = They're
  • I + (Ha)ve = I've
And they conclude y(ou) + all = y'all??? It doesn't follow the pattern.

They got ya'll fooled. Don't believe their lies!
 
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srimes said:
Naw. They don't make sense. The leap to the wrong conclusion, even when they lay it out:

"Here are some example contractions:
  • He + Is = He's
  • We + Will = We'll
  • They + Are = They're
  • I + Have = I've
So, y'all is the correct contraction for "you + all," right? Of course, it is, y'all."
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Let's [let +(u)s] try again highlighting the dropped letter(s).
  • He + (I)s = He's
  • We + (Wi)ll = We'll
  • They + (A)re = They're
  • I + (Ha)ve = I've
And they conclude y(ou) + all = y'all??? It doesn't follow the pattern.

They got ya'll fooled. Don't believe their lies!
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The apostrophe replaces the missing letters. Ya’ll doesn’t work.
 
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srimes said:
Naw. They don't make sense. The leap to the wrong conclusion, even when they lay it out:

"Here are some example contractions:
  • He + Is = He's
  • We + Will = We'll
  • They + Are = They're
  • I + Have = I've
So, y'all is the correct contraction for "you + all," right? Of course, it is, y'all."
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Let's [let +(u)s] try again highlighting the dropped letter(s).
  • He + (I)s = He's
  • We + (Wi)ll = We'll
  • They + (A)re = They're
  • I + (Ha)ve = I've
And they conclude y(ou) + all = y'all??? It doesn't follow the pattern.

They got ya'll fooled. Don't believe their lies!
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By your logic though, it would be "you'll", which isn't what people say and already means something else.
 
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