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grammatical number, singular, plural

1st person, ME, US

2nd person, YOU, Y'ALL

3rd person, HE/SHE/THEY, THEY

In spanish we have the distinction naturally: USTED, USTEDES

Another example of genuine language tools dismissed as "Incorrect" is African American Vernacular English's "you be", "he be" tense. I don't know the exact distinction, Steven Pinker explains it well.

On that note, "that there rooster" is perfecty valid English as well.



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