English, unlike most other languages, doesn’t have separate words for the second-person singular pronoun and the second-person plural pronoun. Which is why the slang contraction for “you all” is so helpful, and so unfortunate that it has been derided by the cultural and academic elite for so long.
LOL yes but the question was who is the antecedent to y'all. (The antecedent is whom or what the pronoun stands for.)
In all languages, a pronoun takes the place of a noun, which is the name of a person, place, or thing. It isn't clear in the prior message which noun the pronoun y'all is intended to replace.
Who is "y'all"?
English, unlike most other languages, doesn’t have separate words for the second-person singular pronoun and the second-person plural pronoun. Which is why the slang contraction for “you all” is so helpful, and so unfortunate that it has been derided by the cultural and academic elite for so long.
LOL yes but the question was who is the antecedent to y'all. (The antecedent is whom or what the pronoun stands for.)
In all languages, a pronoun takes the place of a noun, which is the name of a person, place, or thing. It isn't clear in the prior message which noun the pronoun y'all is intended to replace.
I feel the “all” makes it pretty clear