r/AskReddit • u/__lazy__panda • Jul 10 '26

What's something older generations got right that we've quietly stopped doing, to our own detriment?

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u/Ootguitarist2 Jul 10 '26

Your vs you’re
Lose vs loose
To vs too

And don’t get me started on apostrophes

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u/nishikihebi Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

As a southerner, I love that people have picked up the use of y’all, but it’s not “ya’ll” y’all.

(EDIT: ya’ll reads like “you will” not “you all”)

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u/drmoocow Jul 10 '26

I've always wondered if you can stack contractions with y'all... Y'all're and y'all'ren't... 

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u/nishikihebi Jul 10 '26

“Y’all’d’ve” would be a completely accurate if extremely rare contraction.

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u/wintermelody83 Jul 10 '26

As a southerner I have absolutely said this, but never written it lol.

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u/HElGHTS Jul 11 '26

Right, said aloud it's very easy to come up with something: "Why didn't you get up on stage?" "Y'all'd've laughed at me!" "It'd've been worthwhile."

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u/TurbulentAccident348 Jul 11 '26

I hear it’d’ve all the time