Affix Posted 23 years ago
Grammar
"Don't you bring the muddy boots into the kitchen" What does this mean???
Has the guy already brought the boots in???
Top answer
) might say to a person who is entering the kitchen from outside the house wearing muddy boots. This usage of the word "you" is not technically correct, but it is a dialectally accurate representation of the way people speak in some areas. It is a regional or a cultural colloquialism, and somewhat obsolete.
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This is what someone standing in the kitchen (Mother?) might say to a person
who is entering the kitchen from outside the house wearing muddy boots.
This usage of the word "you" is not technically correct,
but it is a dialectally accurate representation
of the way people speak in some areas.
It is a regional or a cultural colloquialism, and somewhat obsolete.
who is entering the kitchen from outside the house wearing muddy boots.
This usage of the word "you" is not technically correct,
but it is a dialectally accurate representation
of the way people speak in some areas.
It is a regional or a cultural colloquialism, and somewhat obsolete.
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