Has this always been the case, or what? Which way is guys written in this sentence What are your guys favorite cars Should the word guys be written as guys, guy's, or guys' in this sentence? Since you guys is colloquial, if you’re writing down the possessive of the word, you should use a spelling that reflects its pronunciation If you’re wondering what to use in conversation, the answer is whatever you’ve been using all along.
The word guy is singularity male and the word guys can only be assigned gender neutrality if it wasn't used to describe men specifically, and which 99 percent of articles that refer to men uses the word guys. I commonly use the word 'guys' to refer to a group of males colloquially It's colloquial but not rude, off putting, condescending, patronizing (though i wouldn't use it with a group of men at a bo. And possibly also hey guys, to a much lesser extent But i still think the word guy is gendered in pretty much every other context For example i wouldn't say the following to refer to a group with any women in it, and i'm surprised other respondents here would
But what about “you guys” / “you, guys” I 've talked to twenty wise guys that 've been ridin' and every one of 'em sings a different song Every guy cracks up his own wheel, and says all the others is made out o' sheet iron and bum castin's. Here we see that guys and gals and gals and guys clearly outnumber girls and guys and guys and girls Note that girls by itself crushes gals in usage, but that only supports the contention, because girls is mainly used to describe female children In fact, if we ngram girls with boys (i.e., male children) we see that the usage is roughly.
The most common complements for the terms you mention are male/female boys/girls guys/gals usage is far from parallel While arguably boys and girls should be reserved for underage (whatever that means) people of the respective genders, adults, especially younger adults (probably under 35) often refer to their own gender by the term of children of that sex However, refering to an adult using. Man, the leading online library of every male nude scene ever filmed for television or movies, just announced the winners of their 8th annual manatomy awards Youngguysgonewild @ thestepbrothers69 two young guys who just finished being wild 🤪 1 0 auto
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