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you mean vs you means

'You mean' is the proper English phrasing. 'You means' is incorrect as 'means' is the third person singular form of the verb 'mean,' which does not agree with the subject 'you.' 'You mean' is a common phrase used to seek clarification or confirm understanding.
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you mean

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'you mean' when seeking clarification or confirming understanding in a conversation.

Examples:

  • You mean we have to leave now?
  • Do you mean to say that you won't be coming?
  • What do you mean by that?
  • I think I know what you mean.
  • Can you explain what you mean?
  • Aug 30, 2015 ... ... you mean? When you don't want me to move But you tell me to go What do you mean? Said we're running out of time Trying to catch the beat ...
  • Mar 18, 2021 ... What do you mean, you've never seen 'Blade Runner'? Alex Turner lives for moments like this. The strangled incredulity in the voices of those ...
  • 5 days ago ... Luke Bryan performing “Love You, Miss You, Mean It" live from The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Listen to the "Mind Of A Country Boy" ...
  • Apr 14, 2022 ... I am getting the following error: NameError: name 'Dash' is not defined. Did you mean: 'hash'? Basically just installed dash and am trying to run the most ...
  • Jun 27, 2024 ... The official music video of Luke Bryan's song “Love You, Miss You, Mean It". Listen to the song here: https://strm.to/LoveYouMissYouMeanIt ...
  • Dec 21, 2011 ... *.mm and put line with #import "AQRecorder.h" still getting error "Unknown type name 'class'; did you mean ' ...
  • Aug 28, 2015 ... ... you mean? When you nod your head yes But you wanna say no What do you mean? When you don't want me to move But you tell me to go What do ...
  • Part 1: What Do You Mean When You Say “Student Agency”? Insights 11 September 2018. By Jennifer Davis Poon, Center for Innovation in Education ...
  • Apr 4, 2024 ... I'm the one singing love you miss you mean it, and we've been to a Luke Bryan concert together, so that just adds to the great memories.
  • Jul 12, 2014 ... Did you mean htmlFor? Any Wev developer new to React (or using this attribute in JSX for the 1st time) will think. WTF! how can the DOM ...

you means

This phrase is incorrect in English.

  • Understanding and Treating Echolalia: When You Means I ... Echolalic speech can reflect a Gestalt learning style that often accompanies hyperlexia and reading ...
  • May 28, 2023 ... What “The Night Belongs to You” means to me. ... My theory is that he fully succumbed to Sleep. The character we see in Euclid is actually an ...
  • Feb 19, 2018 ... “By the way, I forgive you” means that I want to forgive you, but know the process may take a lifetime...then by the way, I forgive you, Mom.
  • Dec 21, 2015 ... "I really don't know what "I love you" means. I think it means "don't leave me here alone"." - Neil Gaiman, Dark Sonnet.
  • We asked a group of CPS students and alumni to tell their stories and to define what Pursue the Next You means to them. Their answers reinforced our ...
  • Aug 25, 2018 ... When 'You' Means 'I': The German 2Nd Ps.Sg. Pronoun Du between Genericity and Subjectivity. Peter Auer and Anja Stukenbrock EMAIL logo. From ...
  • What doesn't kill you . . .: Means for avoidance goal pursuit are less enjoyable than means for approach goal pursuit. Citation. Hennecke, M. (2019).
  • Sep 28, 2019 ... What loving you means to me ... What does it mean when I say I love you? First, it means that I see you. I see the feeling, experiencing being ...
  • Y.O.U. Means Family ... Share: Take a look at Y.O.U.'s deep impact on youth through the stories shared by Maya, Jerome ...

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