- Why is you all contracted to yall and not youll?
"You'll" is not pronounced anywhere close to "you all" and it already means "you will", so it's dead on arrival
- expressions - Origin and meaning of You catch more flies with honey . . .
I risk confusing the jadarnel with this aside, but a funny observation has been made that you actually attract more fruit flies with vinegar than honey, because the acetic acid in vinegar makes them think they sense fruit Of course, the point stands that you can get what you want done better with sweetness kindness rather than with a caustic attitude
- Where does this proverb come from? “If you want to go fast, go alone . . .
I am attempting to find the origin or source of this proverb: “If you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together” Most sources say that this is a translation of an African prov
- Youll vs Youd - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Which sentence is more correct? Look closely, and you'd never have guessed it was fake or Look closely, and you'll never have guessed it was fake
- What is the difference between ’ll and will?
Is there any difference in the meaning when we use 'll or will? For example, I will go to university tomorrow I'll go to university tomorrow
- grammar - again in Today is the oldest youve ever been and the . . .
The "again" means at another time or once more as in, for example: I shall not look upon his like again — Shakespeare Today is the oldest you've ever been and the youngest you'll ever be again is a literary quote by Anonymous that has been around for a long time, and I think that that is proof that the again is necessary For example, you have not heard anyone quote, you'll never be younger
- Youll have had your tea - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Your question is about the meaning of the idiom, so I'll make this a comment rather than an answer, but to explain the odd verb tense: that construction means something like, "I assume that I ask you if you've had your tea, it will turn out that you have " The future-ness comes from that implied finding out So that verb tense is itself a bit of an idiom, turning the statement into an
- phrase requests - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
For example, my SO always talks about getting all of these tattoos, but then never does Or, I talk about how I want to go on all of these world-travelling adventures, but then never do Looking fo
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