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I was sure someone would ask me abound the second person. In my opinion, the second person is less ambiguous, because in a normal phrase who is the first person
by pezezin 5y ago
I was sure someone would ask me abound the second person. In my opinion, the second person is less ambiguous, because in a normal phrase who is the first person and who is the second person is very obvious, even if they are plural.
Still, it seems to be confusing enough that some dialects developed their own second person plural pronouns like "y'all" or "you guys".
- saalweachter 5y agoInterestingly, the second person pronouns went the same way -- we dropped the second person singular in favor of using the second person plural exclusively. So it's kind of amusing that people continually invent new second person plurals when, from a certain angle, that's the one we've got. I wonder if in another hundred years we'll be arguing about "they all" versus "thall".