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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 Share Post on Reddit 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,318 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 10 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,163 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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