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A contraction is a shortened version of the spoken and written forms of a word, syllable, or word group, created by omission of internal letters and sounds.. In linguistic analysis, contractions should not be confused with crasis, abbreviations and initialisms (including acronyms), with which they share some semantic and phonetic functions, though all three are connoted by the term ...
y’all’d’ve: you all would have (colloquial/Southern American English) y’all’dn't’ve: you all would not have (colloquial/Southern American English) y’all’re: you all are (colloquial/Southern American English) y’all’ren’t: you all are not (colloquial/Southern American English) y’at: you at yes’m: yes madam / yes ma’am ...
Y'all (pronounced / j ɔː l / yawl [2]) is a contraction of you and all, sometimes combined as you-all. Y'all is the main second-person plural pronoun in Southern American English , with which it is most frequently associated, [ 3 ] though it also appears in some other English varieties, including African-American English , South African ...
Y'all'dn't've should be added to the list as meaning "you all would not have". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.221.225.45 15:03, 11 January 2015 (UTC) I think this one is BS. I live in an area where "y'all" isn't all that uncommon, and I've never heard anyone come anywhere near this.
The reason it seems interesting is because in modern English 1) the second-person plural is the only plural pronoun with two forms (in some dialects) - "y'all" and "you"; and 2) the second person pronoun has the same form in nominative and accusative. The combination of 1) and 2) is why "Y'all have the craziest stuff happen to you" is acceptable.
The College Football Playoff contract with ESPN, worth $7.8 billion through the 2031 season, is one example of how much money is at play. ... about half the size of a school like Ohio State’s ...
“Y’all know Halsey’s half-black, right? “ another replied. “Even if she wasn’t, why would that be a problem? “Even if she wasn’t, why would that be a problem? “Finally!
Image credits: anon #6. People really need to stop pretending like celebrities are the personas they portray on red carpets, in interviews etc. Most of the actors I’ve worked with are noticeably ...