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.

2016年10月24日 · 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.

"If you were here 10 minutes ago, "The use of "were" can get more complicated ,the sentences below use the "were to" clause to indicate an element of uncertainty to the actions and outcomes referenced. "If you were to go home now, you might have a surprise waiting." "If you were to confirm the order today , I could get you a discount."

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"

"Where are you from" is more common (at least in U.S. English). In my opinion, this is the preferred option when meeting someone new. The difference is a bit more emphasis on the verb "to be/are" instead of the action of "coming/being from" somewhere as is …

2023年7月16日 · All four are correct and natural, but they create their meaning in different ways. In (1), the present continuous indicates something planned, like a train trip.

As a declarative statement, you would say: You know what it is. Making this into a question requires that you add the auxiliary verb do in front of the subject. That's all you need to do to turn this statement into a question. You don't need to do anything to the object of know.

2017年6月21日 · So you never should say have (been) ran or has (been) ran, it's always have (been) run or has (been) run. That being said you will hear native speakers get it wrong all the time, especially when the speaker wants to emphasize has run .

2024年8月26日 · However, you will also find that people who are already acquainted say it upon a chance meeting after recognition has been made, just as an acknowledgement of the surprise nature of the meeting. There are surely countless examples of the phrase in media, but "hello there" has become something of a trope in the Star Wars franchise for the ...

2016年4月20日 · "I did" is the "simple past" form.We use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past.