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Re: Mispelled Stanford in email to admissions

Post by rnoodles » Tue Nov 03, 2015 9:28 pm

Isn't "all y'all" unnecessarily repetitive though? I feel like you can get the message across just fine using just "y'all." Case in point:

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Re: Mispelled Stanford in email to admissions

Post by LawSchoolBooks805 » Wed Nov 04, 2015 2:08 am

Hate to be the grammar snob on this one, but take it from a southerner: "ya'll" is never correct, unfortunately. In fact, it's downright goofy. All y'all isn't hyphenated; it's just "all y'all."
Strunk and White pegged this one. Apostrophe supplants the letter.
And yes, "y'all" is correct... as correct as it can be, anyway.

To the OP. I second Mac Hambleton's response. Consider it a wash. But I once misspelled HTML in a resume, got called into interview, they noted it, laughed, and hired me.

Not necessarily a deal-breaker.

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Re: Mispelled Stanford in email to admissions

Post by ManoftheHour » Wed Nov 04, 2015 2:24 am

LawSchoolBooks805 wrote:Hate to be the grammar snob on this one, but take it from a southerner: "ya'll" is never correct, unfortunately. In fact, it's downright goofy. All y'all isn't hyphenated; it's just "all y'all."
Strunk and White pegged this one. Apostrophe supplants the letter.
And yes, "y'all" is correct... as correct as it can be, anyway.

To the OP. I second Mac Hambleton's response. Consider it a wash. But I once misspelled HTML in a resume, got called into interview, they noted it, laughed, and hired me.

Not necessarily a deal-breaker.
Nice first post. Welcome to TLS.

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Re: Mispelled Stanford in email to admissions

Post by PrayFor170 » Wed Nov 04, 2015 6:29 pm

I know OP has a fucked up experience but I LoLed throughout the entire thread. :D

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Re: Mispelled Stanford in email to admissions

Post by EnderWiggin » Wed Nov 04, 2015 6:36 pm

PrayFor170 wrote:I know OP has a fucked up experience but I LoLed throughout the entire thread. :D
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Re: Mispelled Stanford in email to admissions

Post by Troianii » Wed Nov 04, 2015 11:31 pm

fats provolone wrote:It depends on the situation actually.

Y'all (short for "you all") is for small groups

Ya'll (short for "y'all all") is for large groups or to mean "everyone." In some regions "all y'all" is also used for this purpose.

^_- so that'd be short for "you all all"?

This entire thread I couldn't figure out if I should take anyone seriously.

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Re: Mispelled Stanford in email to admissions

Post by fats provolone » Thu Nov 05, 2015 12:32 am

yea I dunno I made all of that up

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Re: Mispelled Stanford in email to admissions

Post by ihenry » Thu Nov 05, 2015 3:41 am

Troianii wrote:
fats provolone wrote:It depends on the situation actually.

Y'all (short for "you all") is for small groups

Ya'll (short for "y'all all") is for large groups or to mean "everyone." In some regions "all y'all" is also used for this purpose.

^_- so that'd be short for "you all all"?

This entire thread I couldn't figure out if I should take anyone seriously.
Please take me seriously because I really did that.

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Re: Mispelled Stanford in email to admissions

Post by jmark1 » Thu Nov 05, 2015 2:15 pm

EnderWiggin wrote:
PrayFor170 wrote:I know OP has a fucked up experience but I LoLed throughout the entire thread. :D
*thred
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