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We isn't what was written, so you've modified the original comment just to make your point where my comment was reply directly as written.
by dylan604 2y ago
We isn't what was written, so you've modified the original comment just to make your point where my comment was reply directly as written.
- TheCoelacanth 2y ago"You" is often plural.
- dylan604 2y agoand typically differentiated by declaring it the royal you
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- mock-possum 2y agoThe royal y’all
- chimeracoder 2y ago> "You" is often plural. If we're being pedantic (which we absolutely are at this point), "you" is always plural, and plurality is sometimes used to denote formality or respect for a singular subject (analogous to vous in French, or Sie in Germanic languages). It just so happens that we exclusively use the formal/respectful version in English these days. The only truly singular singular second person pronoun in English is thou, which was the familiar form (although now because it is so archaic people ironically interpret it as more formal).
- TheCoelacanth 2y agoIf we're being pedantic, then "you" used to always be plural. In present day English, it is both singular and plural.