Has this always been the case, or what? 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 Which way is guys written in this sentence
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Should the word guys be written as guys, guy's, or guys' in this sentence?
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. 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. 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. 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
Grammarist claims without giving any sources
The term wise guy to mean a smart aleck came into use in the later 1800s in north america The expression wise guy to mean a member of the mafia came. Are allies always good guys Most of the major wars (world war i, world ii and others), involved large groups of allies against a few countries that were also allied. but the latter were widely perceived as the aggressors against the rest of the world, so few people outside these countries had much sympathy for them
In practice, the large groups. I'm working in an english big company in germany Everybody speak english but most of us as second, or third language One thing i noticed is that we are all guys in the office
The most common complements for the terms you mention are male/female boys/girls guys/gals usage is far from parallel
