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You are all sitting here with me in my den. Note that the "you all are"/"you are all" constructions mean something slightly different than the "all of you are" construction. The latter places emphasis on the fact that all of you are sitting here, as opposed to just some of you. The former put a very slight emphasis on sitting instead. * As in ...
Feb 1, 2013 · Yes, especially in the USA's southeast, except there it'd more likely be spoken as "How y'all doin'?" with a rising intonation. If you don't want to sound regional, you can ask "How are all of you?" If someone asks you "How y'all doin'?" and there's no one but the two of you in the conversation, then you can say "I'm fine, thank you, and you?"
All the men left. == Q-Float => The men all left. All the men have been seen. == Q-Float => The men have all been seen. Each of the men left. == Q-Float => The men each left. Each man has left. == Q-Float => The men have each left. In the original sentence Q-Float can move all to either of two places: All of us are mad. (original, with all ...
Dec 31, 2012 · are all frequently seen in formal invitations and such. They are in the “expected” format. As with all language of courtesy, you should not get too worked up over what each word literally means in these frozen, fossilized forms. They have become formulaic, so it is “what people do” on such occasions. Note that another old formula:
Feb 19, 2013 · COCA BNC all you have to do is [inf] 842 72 all you have to do is to [inf] 17 20 The preference does not change if all is replaced with what, if an adverb is introduced before the infinitive, or if a different pronoun is used instead of you. However, what also does not change is that the variant with to at least exists.
Jun 28, 2013 · you'll [you will] /juːl/ you will: The longer vowel is on the former word: (y)ou, so the contraction retains it and drops the shorter vowel sound (w) i ll – you'll. y'all [you all] /jɔːl/ you all: The longer vowel is on the latter word: a(ll), so the contraction retains it and drops the shorter vowel sound (y) ou – y'all.
Jan 13, 2012 · True, Google Books give over 50,000 written instances, but probably most of them are "accidental collocations" (e.g. - a sentence ending with the word "all", followed by one starting with "What is needed"). Also note that this contrasts with well over 3 million instances of all that is needed. Share. Improve this answer.
In point of usage, Ngrams shows a slight preference for What about you: COCA shows 770 instances of how about you, the vast majority of which are in the proper context (a few are in the form of how about you do so-and-so), and 1002 of what about you, all of which that I saw were in this context. BNC has 78 versus 202, an even more marked ...
7. "It's all on you" could mean: In both cases, it's a question of responsibility - either for something that has been already done (but often poorly) or that may go wrong in the future, or for something that still needs to be done (and may be a large task). Highly active question. Earn 10 reputation (not counting the association bonus) in ...
Oct 20, 2014 · The first is correct if "all" refers to "everything" (singular); the second is correct if "all" refers to an implied concrete set of things, as in "all (the widgets) are good". This line of reasoning seems to imply the latter form is correct, since "paintbrushes" are concrete things. (And yet that seems to be the less popular form in common ...
