Singular vs. plural "you"

From: Mary L B Pendergraft (pender@wfu.edu)
Date: Fri Sep 05 1997 - 09:44:09 EDT

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In North Carolina, "you" vs. "y'all" works pretty well. Introducing this
distinction also seems to help new students feel a little more at ease:
they always giggle.

Mary

Mary Pendergraft
Associate Professor of Classical Languages
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem NC 27109 910-759-5331 pender@wfu.edu

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