Thread: Hey Y'all English Know-it-alls
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Old 12-13-2012, 10:30 AM   #32
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Originally Posted by RedCatWaves View Post
Is "you all" acceptable in formal writing?
If the document is well written, the "all" is superfluous. The reader should be able to glean from context whether or not the "you" is plural.
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