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would cringe if she heard a pupil say, “You wasn’t here.” This is common usage in many rural areas today. Mrs. Dial noted that prior to the 1800’s, “you was” was a proper phrase—if the speaker was addressing only
one person. “You were,” a more familiar phrase to modern speakers, precisely identified the addressees as being two or more in number.
And that anathema in the
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