Date: Sun, 22 Oct 1995 08:46:26 -0500

From: Natalie Maynor maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]RA.MSSTATE.EDU

Subject: Re: y'all are crazy



during her talk: all y'all. wow!



Why wow? Sometimes "all y'all" is useful to make clear that you don't

mean just "some of y'all." Or is the question about the deletion of "of"

in "all of y'all" -- as opposed to "some of y'all" (*some y'all)?

--Natalie (maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ra.msstate.edu)