What is the 'proper' way to spell yall? Lol. This is a word I use quite a bit, and it gets very annoying when I am typing to be going along, try to type 'yall'... then go back and grammar-nazi myself into finding an alternate word because I'm unsure of the true spelling.
Help? :)
Thanks! :) That's what I THOUGHT it was... but then I would look at it too long and it would start to look funny...
I would also ask myself... "is it replacing the 'ou' in 'you', or the 'a' in 'ya'...?" (Yes, I was thinking of 'ya' as it's own word. lol.)
That's what I get for over-thinking I guess! :)
It's a contraction of "you" and "all" so follow the rule for the other contractions. The comma takes the place of the missing letters. So you'd have "y'all".
Y'all. I use it a lot so I actually researched it as crazy as that may sound.
Oh and the Google people agree with me. :p
Apostrophe's replace the missing letter(s), so it would be y'all :)
I always use y'all. .. the apostrophe is taking the place of ou in you.
And remember if you are talking to more than one person, it is "all y'all." ;)
Yes, if you use the theory Y'all is a contraction of You and All then it would be Y'all such as Let Us becomes Let's or You Are becomes You're. Hope that helps.
omg I can't even remember the last time I said or wrote "you all".
Being a Texan, I LOVE your question! Have a nice day ya'll!
Here in Jersey it's spelled "y-o-u-g-u-y-s"
In other parts it's "Youse guys"not sure how to spell that!
This is one of my peeves. It's Y'ALL! (I know that you got your answer, but I had to chime in.)
Y'all. And for those of y'all who say it's not a "proper" word, "eat my grits". It most certainly is a "proper' word. Especially in the South!!!
Have a great weekend y'all!!! =)
It's y'all but sometimes my fingers slip and I type ya'll .
And Dana.It is a word , look it up.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/y'all
I'm sure it's been answered and hopefully one of y'all answered correctly. ;)
Since it is not a word, there is not a 'correct' spelling.
traditionally y'all because its short for you all but I guess if you use slang like ya all then it could be ya'll because you would becomes you'd and the aposhrophe replaces the begining of the next word so I guess it depends if you're saying ya all or you all
I say and write it almost every day. Y'all is how I write/spell it, but I have also seen it written the other way "ya'll."
Well, since it isn't really a "proper" word, I wouldn't drive myself crazy with it.
That being said...
an apostrophe in a contraction takes the place of missing letters that are dropped when two words combine. Since you are trying to combine the words 'you' and 'all' it's the o and u that are dropped, so the apostrophe goes in their place.
y'all
