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Pedants' corner

How's you?

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Numberlock · 30/06/2013 14:13

Following on from the 'you was' thread, this phrase winds me up even more!

The verb to be is conjugated as you are in the second person! How ARE you?!

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DamnBlast · 30/06/2013 20:37

Ah yes! I do that! Will stop immediately.

TallulahBetty · 01/07/2013 18:21

I say this, but it's colloquial. I know it's grammatically wrong, but I say it because everyone I know does.

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