The difference between “Where are you all?” and “Where are you?”?
Here are the two sentences again: “Where are you all?” and “Where are you?” The first sentence clearly indicates that the speaker is addressing more than one person, correct? In contrast, the second sentence suggests that the speaker is asking only one person. I understand that in English, the personal pronoun “you” can refer to both singular and plural subjects. However, when someone specifically wants to address more than one person, they often add "all" after "you." Is my understanding correct? Could you provide additional examples that illustrate this grammatical structure?
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In English we don’t really have a separate word for you singular and you plural. So now a lot of people put you all when addressing more than one person. So for the most part yes you are correct. Though some people like a teacher might still just say “You need to turn in your homework tomorrow.” when addressing a whole classroom. So the all maybe dropped by some people.
“You all” should always be for more than one person, never one.
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