>>I am a Chinese, teaching English in China. Hope I can learn from you all. There is no plural "you" in English, except in the South Eastern US States, where they sometimes say you-all or ya'll. By ending your sentence with

What is the correct plural form for octopus octopii/octopi....it depends where you are in the world...some dialects use the double"i" others don't.

No. A 'thank you' is a colloquial compound noun, like lounge room or room heater, and the 's' in 'thank yous' signifies the plural, so no apostrophe is used. Apostrophes are used to express possession e.g. Bob's car; or

In some British and Irish dialects, it's definitely voiced. In ... all". The plural "you" is sadly lacking in "standard" English. In my region, not to vocalize a final "s" (in youse) would indicate you are

Do you mean "voiced" (pronounced (z))? Yes, I believe it is. The alternate, probably more common, spelling "youse" suggests the pronunciation more clearly. In some British and Irish dialects, it's definitely voiced. In

Is the sibilant in "yous" always vocalized? I have no taped "Sopranos" shows to check. Do you mean "voiced" (pronounced (z))? Yes, I believe it is. The alternate, probably more common, spelling "youse"

Respect is for high schools. You might want to say "hot" instead of "beautiful" or "yo" instead of "hi". Note: you might still be a dork anyway. What you are probably talking about is

I agree with Jim. Native speakers decide what is correct. Of course, there are so many "kinds" of native speakers that you can't know everything about everyone's English usage... and not even about your own dialect, sometimes.

can't believe what's on the Internet! Do you want some more examples? I can give you a lot! You won't believe it! Yeah, the net is a mess. As Jim said, in some languages hair is plural (mine too, and that's why I tend to make that

The Chinese language has many dialects. We all share the same set of characters but these characters are pronounced differently in different dialects. Same characters different pronunciations. We don't say the characters belong to any one