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    Some questions about the english language

    Are everybody and everyone exact synonyms?


    Whats the best way of saluting a group of people?

    Hello people! Hi everybody! Hello everybody! Hi all!...??


    And is you all proper english? or should I use just "you"?

    well, that
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    Re: Some questions about the english language

    Originally posted by Barnabas

    Whats the best way of saluting a group of people?
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    • #3
      Are everybody and everyone exact synonyms?


      Yes.

      Whats the best way of saluting a group of people?

      Hello people! Hi everybody! Hello everybody! Hi all!...??


      Just hello or hi works fine.

      And is you all proper english? or should I use just "you"?


      You all is fine, though informal. Substitute "y'all" in the South.

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      • #4
        "Alright" accompanied with a nod tends to suffice. Drop the "alright" if well acquainted.
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          Re: Some questions about the english language

          Originally posted by Barnabas
          Are everybody and everyone exact synonyms?


          Whats the best way of saluting a group of people?

          Hello people! Hi everybody! Hello everybody! Hi all!...??


          And is you all proper english? or should I use just "you"?

          well, that
          "You guys" (or as said around here "You guyses", I know its stupid) is the most common way to refer to a group of people. In the South (and by me), Y'all is the most common word used to refer to a group of people.
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            How y'all are?
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            • #7
              I like "Hi folks".
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              • #8
                "Alright" accompanied with a nod tends to suffice. Drop the "alright" if well acquainted.
                Pronounced "alreet" up north lol.
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                • #9
                  whazzup niggazz

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                  • #10
                    Hi everybody!
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                    • #11
                      Re: Some questions about the english language

                      Language names are written with a capital letter: English, French, Spanish.

                      Originally posted by Barnabas
                      Are everybody and everyone exact synonyms?
                      Yes. If you're not talking about people, you use "every one" (e.g. every one of those chairs is rotten), not "everyone".

                      And is you all proper english? or should I use just "you"?
                      "All of you" works well.

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                      • #12
                        hey guys

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                        • #13
                          'Hello everyone' seems to fit best to me
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                          • #14
                            There is no "correct" second person plural in English. Prior to 1600 or so, "Thou" was singular, and "you" was plural. This went out of favor, and "you" became both singular and plural.

                            The absence is noted, and informal substitutes are used, at least on this side of the pond. You all and y'all are southern (I believe the former is more upland southern, while Y'all is more coastal/lowland southern) while "you guys" and its many variations is charecteristic of certain northern US metropolitan areas. I dislike "you guys", and feel that my years in the south and in almost southern Border state areas, entitles me to use "y'all" instead.
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                            • #15
                              i will never use the word "y'all". ickk.

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