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your all's

your all's

21 9.9
A word that shows something belongs to the people you are talking to
  • pronoun
  • /jʊr ɔlz/
  • Informal
: vuestro
  • Could you write your all's names on the sign-up sheet?

Examples

  • We appreciated your all's help with the event last weekend.

  • Is this your all's book?

  • Is this your all's car parked outside?

  • I love your all's enthusiasm!

  • Could you please send your all's suggestions for the project?

  • We look forward to your all's participation in the meeting tomorrow.

  • Thank you for your all's support during the project.

Surface Forms

your all's possessive determiner

Morphology

your + all's

The components are directly interpretable: 'your' marks possession and 'all' denotes the group being addressed, so a learner who knows both words can infer 'belonging to you (all)'. Although informal and regionally marked (and the form 'all's' may not appear in dictionaries), the possessive composition is regular and thus predictable for a B1 learner.

Etymology

The phrase your all's comes from adding 's to you all, so imagine pointing to a group and saying you all + 's to show something belongs to everyone there. So it means 'belonging to the group you are speaking to'.