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What is the possessive form of “y'all”?
I generally hear y'alls's used as the possessive form, but I have also heard yourn. Since y'all is a colloquial pronoun, its possessive form is basically liberated from prescriptive linguistics which ...
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When did “y'all” become improper?
It is my understanding that the contraction y'all was considered correct American English in times past. At what point was this word removed from valid American English?
