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[โ€“] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Can "y'all" be singular, since there is "all y'all" for plural?

[โ€“] baronvonj@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

When talking about a group but only one individual of the group is present you can still use y'all.

[โ€“] RBWells@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

No, you is the singular; y'all is the plural.

All y'all works because you might say "All of you all", I suppose.