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  • #76
    Y'all've got to find something better to do.

    ACK!
    Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust!

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    • #77
      Originally posted by Kitschum View Post
      Oh you'se guys. You'se guys is great.
      "My nation is the world, and my religion is to do good." --Thomas Paine
      "The subject of onanism is inexhaustable." --Sigmund Freud

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      • #78
        Originally posted by Asher View Post
        Shame on all of y'all.

        Y'all is a colloquialism. Not proper English.
        Give it time. Colloquialisms are responsible for lot of the vocabulary growth of "proper" English.

        I must admit, I'm not convinced about the 've contraction used as a possessive. It sounds odd to me, and I usually have a very good ear for this.
        No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

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        • #79
          It sounds odd to people who just haven't used it. Uneducated Americans not using it doesn't make it improper.
          "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
          Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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          • #80
            Provost Harrison is British.

            So Provost, Drake/Tupac, and the Mad Monk are the only ones to not enter the twilight zone.
            "Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
            "I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi

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            • #81
              Originally posted by Al B. Sure! View Post
              Provost Harrison is British.
              PH is from Hull.
              "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
              Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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              • #82
                Originally posted by Al B. Sure! View Post
                Provost Harrison is British.

                So Provost, Drake/Tupac, and the Mad Monk are the only ones to not enter the twilight zone.
                Just admit you lost.

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                • #83
                  As a teacher, if a kid wrote "I've homework" I'd correct it.Whilst speaking the "h" or the "ha" might disappear, but in written for "have" should not be contracted unless followed by another verb.

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                  • #84
                    Originally posted by lightblue View Post
                    As a teacher, if a kid wrote "I've homework" I'd correct it.Whilst speaking the "h" or the "ha" might disappear, but in written for "have" should not be contracted unless followed by another verb.
                    Yes. As in when 'have' is an auxiliary verb.

                    Thank you.

                    Provost, Drake/Tupac, Mad Monk, and lightblue (A TEACHER) haven't lost knowledge of the English language
                    "Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
                    "I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi

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                    • #85
                      I was taught never to write* in contractions, except in familial or shorthand situatiuons such as text messages or notetaking.

                      *or is it to never write?
                      One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.

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                      • #86
                        Originally posted by SlowwHand View Post
                        I'm so glad you can spell "y'all" correctly. It really irritates me when some idiot ca'nt even spell a contraction.
                        It's spelled "ya'll", you crypto-Yankee idiot...

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                        • #87
                          You're such a foolish ass.
                          Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
                          "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
                          He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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                          • #88
                            It's really not that hard to figure out, even for someone of your meager intellect...

                            Contraction of "you" and "all" = "you'll"

                            Contraction of "ya" and "all" = "ya'll"

                            "Y'all" is not a real contraction. It's a false spelling of "ya'll" thought up by Yankees.

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                            • #89
                              Since when did people say "ya all"? You're a moron.

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                              • #90
                                You cannot be serious.

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