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- apostrophe - Guys, guy’s, or guys’ (guys’) - English Language . . .
Which way is guys written in this sentence: "What are your guys favorite cars"? Should the word guys be written as guys, guy's, or guys' in this sentence?
- When did the word guys become popular as a gender-neutral word?
The usage of the plural guys in the phrase “some guys chased them away” would generally be assumed to mean men rather than women When used of animals, guy usually refers to either a male or one whose gender is not known; it is rarely if ever used of an animal that is known to be female
- orthography - What is the possessive of you guys? - English Language . . .
Since you guys is colloquial, if you’re writing down the possessive of the word, you should use a spelling that reflects its pronunciation If you’re wondering what to use in conversation, the answer is whatever you’ve been using all along
- Is guy gender-neutral? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The word guy is singularity male and the word guys can only be assigned gender neutrality if it wasn't used to describe men specifically, and which 99 percent of articles that refer to men uses the word guys
- word choice - What is a feminine version of guys? - English Language . . .
I commonly use the word 'guys' to refer to a group of males colloquially It's colloquial but not rude, off putting, condescending, patronizing (though I wouldn't use it with a group of men at a bo
- Guys losing its gendered meaning in American English
6 I agree that "you guys" is non-gendered in modern English And possibly also "hey guys," to a much lesser extent But I still think the word "guy" is gendered in pretty much every other context For example I wouldn't say the following to refer to a group with any women in it, and I'm surprised other respondents here would: "those guys" "I
- Origin of wise guy to mean a member of the Mafia (US)
I 've talked to twenty wise guys that 've been ridin' and every one of 'em sings a different song Every guy cracks up his own wheel, and says all the others is made out o' sheet iron and bum castin's
- Is girls a suitable complementary term to go along with guys?
Here we see that guys and gals and gals and guys clearly outnumber girls and guys and guys and girls Note that girls by itself crushes gals in usage, but that only supports the contention, because girls is mainly used to describe female children In fact, if we NGram girls with boys (i e , male children) we see that the usage is roughly
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