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Subject:RE: His/Her v. Their From:"Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com> To:'Kathleen MacDowell' <kathleen -dot- eamd -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Fri, 26 Oct 2012 15:24:30 +0000
If âyâallâ is applied to group consisting of one, âyâallâ still applies.
Seems both singular and plural to me.
From: Kathleen MacDowell [mailto:kathleen -dot- eamd -at- gmail -dot- com]
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 11:24 AM
To: Cardimon, Craig
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Subject: Re: His/Her v. Their
Dude/s is a bit more flexible--I've recently learned that y'all is plural.
Any idea what the singular is if y'all?
Kathleen
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com<mailto:ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com>> wrote:
Or perhaps the ubiquitous, "Dudes"
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Subject: Re: His/Her v. Their
I've always been fond of "y'all" (singular) and "all y'all" (plural).
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com<mailto:ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com>> wrote:
> I greatly prefer "Youse Guys."
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