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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Her/him, his/hers/ s/he or 'their(s)'? Faldage #214718 04/15/2014 1:07 AM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny veteran Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi Originally Posted By: Faldage While the "you-all" strategy certainly works if it is applied universally (which it doesn't; other strategies, such as "you guys" or "yinz" are used in other areas of the country, and "you-all" has been spotted in the wild being used as a singular) has not been accepted in Standard English. Really now, Faldage? If you have spotted "you all" used as a singular (as you say) "in the wild" then apparently the boys were funning with poor Mister Faldage. And -as you well know- Standard English is not standard universally, now is it? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Her/him, his/hers/ s/he or 'their(s)'? Mercur10 04/10/2014 5:50 AM Re: Her/him, his/hers/ s/he or 'their(s)'? Faldage 04/10/2014 10:38 AM Re: Her/him, his/hers/ s/he or 'their(s)'? jenny jenny 04/14/2014 3:14 AM Re: Her/him, his/hers/ s/he or 'their(s)'? Tromboniator 04/14/2014 5:45 AM Re: Her/him, his/hers/ s/he or 'their(s)'? Faldage 04/14/2014 9:57 AM Re: Her/him, his/hers/ s/he or 'their(s)'? LukeJavan8 04/14/2014 3:45 PM Re: Her/him, his/hers/ s/he or 'their(s)'? jenny jenny 04/15/2014 1:07 AM Re: Her/him, his/hers/ s/he or 'their(s)'? Faldage 04/15/2014 10:12 AM read all aqbout it wofahulicodoc 04/15/2014 1:15 PM Re: read all aqbout it jenny jenny 04/15/2014 3:20 PM Re: read all aqbout it belMarduk 06/06/2014 8:19 PM Re: read all aqbout it Bazr 06/07/2014 1:06 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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