A question concerning some English expressions: Help needed

[santela]

A

A

C

C

A

I shall also note that I am a teacher and I use "you guys" all the time to address my class with mixed genders. I never thought much about it until now.

[cottierm]

Tanks for you answers and comment Santela!

Best,

Michel

[ptrthgr8]

Direct answers:

1. a

2. c (barely! LOL)

3. c

4. c

5. None of the above - I would have selected "c" if the sentence ended after "...to address mixed-sex groups." I would definitely use "girls" when talking to younger girls (or "ladies" for any age group) when addressing an all-female audience. I also might jokingly refer to an all-male audience as "girls" or "ladies" in a joking manner, but most likely not a mixed audience.

As for the "you guys" phrase, I don't have any issues with that. It's become such a generic term nowadays that I seems gender-neutral to me. I've lived in Washington, California, Missouri, and now North Dakota - seems to be the same everywhere I've lived.

Cheers,

~ Greg ~

[cottierm]

Thanks Greg!

All the best,

Michel