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Y'all is a contraction of you all.The spelling you-all in second-person plural pronoun usage was first recorded in 1824. [4] [5] The earliest two attestations with the actual spelling y'all are from 1856, [6] and in the Southern Literary Messenger (published in Richmond, Virginia) in 1858. [7]
These expressions are normally hyphenated. Note that the hyphenation of an expression is subject to its context (see hyphen and MOS:HYPHEN). above-mentioned; all-inclusive; anti-inflammatory; award-winning; back-to-back; case-insensitive; case-sensitive; clear-headed; co-op (to distinguish from coop) cross-reference; day-to-day; de-emphasize ...
In the tables, the hyphen has two different meanings. A hyphen after the letter indicates that it must be at the beginning of a syllable, e.g., j - in jumper and ajar. A hyphen before the letter indicates that it cannot be at the beginning of a word, e.g., - ck in sick and ticket.
If a hyphenated word is capitalized only because it's at the start of a sentence, only the first letter is capitalized: "First-time users should read the manual." So if "Post-Read List" is a proper name, then it has three capital letters. Whether it should be considered a proper name, I can't say, because I don't know what you mean by it.
See ya later, Alligator." The video posted by the sheriff's office has over 20,000 views and hundreds of reactions since it was posted on Monday.
The hyphen ‐ is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. [1]The hyphen is sometimes confused with dashes (en dash –, em dash — and others), which are wider, or with the minus sign −, which is also wider and usually drawn a little higher to match the crossbar in the plus sign +.
I was 10 when Anything But Love came out. I’m fairly certain it drew my love map in indelible ink, and Richard Lewis — whom we sadly lost Wednesday — held the pen. Picture it: suburban ...
Taylor Swift gets emotional during a standing ovation and a chant saying "thank you" at the second-to-last show for the historic Eras Tour