2nd Person Personal Pronoun


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Refers to the one or group being told by the speaker. Examples in English include you, yours, and the non-standard plural y'all which came from dialects of the American South [1].

References:

  1. Nosowitz, D. (2021, August 3). Y’all, you’uns, yinz, youse: How regional dialects are fixing standard English. Atlas Obscura. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/yall-youuns-yinz-youse-how-regional-dialects-are-fixing-standard-english.

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