# Wrong, Bone.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-bone/801527>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [November 13, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-bone/801527 "2017-11-13T14:25:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-bone/801527/21 "2017-11-14T02:32:32Z")

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I can see how his comment could be interepreted, but I guess Elvis and I have been going at it long enough that I understood where he was going with it.

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-bone/801527/22 "2017-11-15T02:18:14Z")

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This could’ve all been so easily avoided if only the English language retained the distinct singular “you” versus plural “you”.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-bone/801527/23 "2017-11-15T04:10:57Z")

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> [@Senegoid](#):
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> This could’ve all been so easily avoided if only the English language retained the distinct singular “you” versus plural “you”.

Not in this case. Both the singular “you” and the plural “you” would include the person being addressed.

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**Author:** ![Stringbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-bone/801527/24 "2017-11-15T04:13:11Z")

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Good call. It was inappropriate and lazy.

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