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Originally Posted by VydorScope
It is because American English does not have distinct 2nd plural so different areas of the country have come up with different ways to handle that.
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Every other variety of English (British, Australian, Indian, etc) appears to get along very nicely without it
. There are really VERY few circumstances in which it's necessary to be able to distinguish, and, if you do, there are ways around it. It's interesting that US English has come up with this, especially given the fact that "you" actually IS plural in the first place.