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The correct spelling is you.
How to pronounce you
/jʉː/
verbIPA: /jʉː/
Say it like: Yow
The correct spelling is you. To address (a person) using the pronoun you (in the past, especially to use you rather than thou, when you was considered more formal). For example: "Both of you should get ready now."
Usage Examples
“Both of you should get ready now.”
“You are all supposed to do as I tell you.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To address (a person) using the pronoun you (in the past, especially to use you rather than thou, when you was considered more formal).
pronoun
- 1.(object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
- 2.(reflexive pronoun) (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.
- 3.(object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
- 4.(subject pronoun) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
- 5.(subject pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
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