Tag Archives: y’all

  1. Blount, Y’all! Apostrophes!

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    November 19, 2019 by libroshombre

    The recent snowfall was a reminder to break out my winter fedora and pack away the ball caps of summer, …
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    Category: English language, grammar, printing, pronouns, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , ,

  2. Obnubilate Zinio, Y’all

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    June 7, 2016 by libroshombre

      The words from TheAtlantic.com fell on my ears like manna in the desert: “How y’all doing? A greeting as …
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    Category: dialects, dictionaries, English language, grammar, libraries, magazines, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , ,

  3. Pronouns Redux, Second-Person Y’all, and She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed

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    April 17, 2015 by libroshombre

    Today’s word is “redux,” defined as “brought back, returned,” in the American Heritage Dictionary, because there’s more to say about …
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    Category: parts of speech, pronouns | Tags: , , , , , , ,

  4. Mandatory Civility for Lawyers and Library RUles

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    June 12, 2014 by libroshombre

    Lady Mary Wortley Montagu noticed in the 1700s that “Civility costs nothing and buys everything,” and that’s worth remembering today. …
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    Category: amnners, civility, rules | Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

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