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- Why is you all contracted to yall and not youll?
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- Youll find that. . . - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Thats an interesting question If you were to say "You will find the crisps in the cupboard" you would be stating a fact, or saying if you were to look you would find something to be true I would assume then that saying "You'll find that " would be a shorter way of saying, if you were to check this fact you would find it to be true
- 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
- word choice - I hope youll do X vs. I hope you do X - English . . .
While both phrases are grammatically correct, I think there is a slight semantic difference: using will (in this case, you'll instead of you) puts more emphasis on someone's determination to do something To use your example, "I hope you read lots of good books this year" basically means "I hope it works out for you to read lots of good books this year " You're emphasizing the outcome more
- 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
- 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
- Origin of I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I . . .
I hear and I forget I see and I remember I do and I understand - Confucius What is the origin, and evolution, of this popular quote? It has a nice air of pseudo-profundity to it; one problem th
- 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
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