you all / all you

[sb70012]

Hello friends,

Suppose that I am giving you a gift and telling you something: (you are three people)

"This is for you all"
"This is for all you"

I don't know which one is correct. Would you please be nice enough to explain or clarify it to me?

Thank you.

 

[Grumpy]

In British English it would be "all of you". I suspect that in American English [esp Southern US] it would be "you all". Both are correct.

 

[MikeNewYork]

In British English it would be "all of you". I suspect that in American English [esp Southern US] it would be "you all". Both are correct.

It would be "all of you" in most of the USA.

 

[charliedeut]

Note that in informal conversation, you might hear it sounds like "yall" (incidentally, "y'all" is a non-standard AmE (I believe) variation).

 

[MikeNewYork]

Note that in informal conversation, you might hear it sounds like "yall" (incidentally, "y'all" is a non-standard AmE (I believe) variation).

Yes, it is non-standard.

 

[charliedeut]

Yes, it is non-standard.

My doubt is whether it's just typical of AmE :up:.

 

[Rover_KE]

It's not used in BE.

 

[MikeNewYork]

It's not used in BE.

I wish it weren't used here. :roll:

 

[Barb_D]

I wish it weren't used here. :roll:

Clearly you don't live in (or have close relatives from) the South.

You wouldn't hear them say it's "non-standard" there. When 99% of the local native speakers use it, I think you have to admit it's "regional dialect" and not non-standard within that dialect.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Clearly you don't live in (or have close relatives from) the South.

You wouldn't hear them say it's "non-standard" there. When 99% of the local native speakers use it, I think you have to admit it's "regional dialect" and not non-standard within that dialect.

I do not. But I am equally as critical of non-standard English in New York. One of my pet peeves is when a New Yorker wants to ax you a question.

 

[charliedeut]

One of my pet peeves is when a New Yorker wants to ax you a question.

That's because they are sharp-tongued :-D.

 

[MikeNewYork]

That's because they are sharp-tongued :-D.

:lol:

 

[SoothingDave]

I have been told by southerners that "y'all" is not necessarily plural. If the plural is meant, you might hear "all y'all."