Nov 6, 2014 · As mentioned in the previous answer, Y/Y is likely to be an abbreviation of the phrase year-over-year. (Or sometimes year-on-year.) Typically, a number before the phrase states a difference or ratio of one year's value of some statistic to the previous year's value. For example, in wikipedia's “Plug in electric vehicle” article, we find

In general, the Y is a consonant when the syllable already has a vowel. Also, the Y is considered a consonant when it is used in place of the soft J sound, such as in the name Yolanda or Yoda. In the names Bryan and Wyatt, the Y is a vowel, because it provides the only vowel sound for the first syllable of both names.

Sep 17, 2010 · The "-y" is a suffix for forming diminutive nouns, and Wiktionary has an entry dedicated to it, though it doesn't say anything about etymology other than "from Middle English and Scots". Thankfully, The Free Library provides lots of further insight , but the bottom line is that nobody really knows for sure, and "the etymology of the diminutive ...

Sentences constructed with a word written in the singular and parenthetically in the plural are straightforward when that word does not end in -y, e.g.: List all applicable employee(s). How does one handle words ending in -y? Is this correct: I will attend the party(ies).

Jan 31, 2012 · Since X-Y-Z axes are frequently colored red, green and blue, respectively (cf. RGB color space) in 3D applications, and vert means green in French as well as in English heraldic tinctures, one could form neologisms to match vertical (Y), i.e.: *rougical or *gulical (X, synonyms for horizontal) and *azurical (perhaps rather *azurial, *azureal ...

Dec 6, 2014 · 1) English words do not end with I (nor do Eng. words end with U,V, or J) Therefore, I is used in the middle of English words, Y is used at the end of Eng. words. 2) The single vowel Y (not multi-letter phonograms: -oy, -ey, -ay) changes to I when adding ANY ending (try/tried; beauty/beautiful; baby/babies, copy/copier), UNLESS the ending ...

Feb 1, 2013 · "Y'all" is a construction limited to a couple of American dialects, particularly Southern and Western speakers. I've heard it pronounced to rhyme with "wall" (approximately--the vowel gets slightly drawn out/duplicated). There is a joke poking fun at non-prestige dialects to the effect of "Remember, y'all is singular, all y'all is plural ...

Apr 11, 2019 · The normal form "how you would" is just this, "you would" is a conditional form: if X, then you would Y. "If there are any messages, this is how you would like to receive them." no question here, just an affirmation. The correct way to phrase your sentence is not one of the two you proposed. Here are the correct ways:

May 16, 2011 · However, due to the Great Vowel Shift, the letter Y's pronunciation was changed to "WI", and by the time of the Middle English, Y had lots its roundedness and underwent synizesis assuming the same pronunciation as the letter 'I'. Y now started to be used popularly, especially in the vicinity of ranging or 'minim' letters : m, n, and u.

This "y" intruded only slightly in the dialects that formed most North American dialects, thus the vast majority of Americans say /nooz, toon, doolee/ where our cousins would say /nyooz, tyoon, dyooli/ when reading "news, tune, duely". A similar change takes place with the same consonants when preceding other unaccented "Y + vowel" combinations.