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)