You are is normally contracted to you're in speech, because English doesn't like two vowels without a consonant to separate them, and one of them gets deleted. Either you're or you are can be used; speaker's choice. The same thing applies to I'm, he's, she's, we're, and they're, among other contractions. It's just colloquial English, that's all.

Where in the world are you? What in the world are you doing here? These are simple sentences, in the sense that that they each contain exactly one clause. The interrogative mode is marked by subject/operator inversion. Who in the world do you think [that] you are? This is a complex sentence, in the sense that a matrix clause contains a ...

2015年10月26日 · Who are you? This is typically asking for your name, but a particular context could indicate a different meaning. What are you? This question is very informal and bit odd. It is a very terse question which implies some understood context. If you're in a business meeting it could be your role - e.g. "I'm the accountant"

The word "you," when used in a sentence, is always used as "you are" rather than "you is". This happens regardless of whether the speaker is speaking to one person or many. Is "you are", when applied to a single person, an example of the numerous exceptions in the English language? Is there ever a situation where it is appropriate to use "you is"?

How much will you pay for me? I'd pay up to $20. Example 2: How will you pay for me? I'll pay with a credit card. By the way, both sentences sound, at least taken out of context, like the speaker is asking the person about buying him or her, like you would buy a slave or a prostitute.

2022年5月27日 · In Please let me know when you are available for a meeting. if "when you are available for a meeting" is nominal, you are asking for a reply now. If "when you are available for a meeting" is adverbial, you are not asking for a reply now. There are hence 2 possibilities. In written form, context would determine the meaning.

2017年4月13日 · In modern English "You" is both singular and plural but it always takes a verb form that originally marked the word as plural. This happens because of the way "to be" conjugates in modern English. You are for singular; You are for plural; Examples: You are, you have, you weren't, and so on... They may all mean a single object or multiple objects.

2019年8月31日 · And a pair of decent trousers while you are at it, will you?" My friend said that in her opinion it should be "would you?", but I just feel like there is no difference between the two. It's the way people talk; some people say the first, and some say the second. But here is my question to you fellow ELLs. Is there a difference, really?

2016年10月24日 · Its possessive is often you-all's rather than your. You-uns (from you + ones) is a South Midland form most often found in uneducated speech; it is being replaced by you-all. Youse (you + the plural -s ending of nouns), probably of Irish-American origin, is most common in the North, especially in urban centers like Boston, New York, and Chicago ...

2016年7月27日 · In general, if you can imagine yourself "sending" feelings like congratulations or thanks, the appropriate preposition is to. But we also say. I am thinking of you (or about you) I have great hopes for you I have great faith in you I wish you the best of luck (no preposition!) So as you can see a lot of it depends on the exact sentence you use.