The first thing we have to do when we doubt how to write a word is to look it up in the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE). They have an online website that allows us to know how words are written. We put RAE on the Internet and a page opens where we have to put the word we want to know the meaning of in the upper right part, since, even if we know what it means, if it gives us an error, we are writing it wrong and we probably of a suggestion of how to write.
When in doubt about how to write with you or with you we will have to put both in that search engine, in the first option we see that it gives us an error because there is no word, then we already know that separated is misspelled and if we put with you without the space gives us meaning, so the correct way to write it is together.
Another way to know how to write it is to put it in Word, if the word appears with a red line below it is that we are writing it wrong, in this case if we click on it it will give us the options that are correct, such as some suggestions for in case it is that we have been confused when writing it.
Knowing how to write a word is easy because there are usually many methods to find out, but of course the best is the RAE, there we will know if the way of writing it is correct or not and in Word how to write it since it will give us the options.
In the case of with you it is easy to know if it goes together or separately, you just have to think of a sentence to make it easier: ‘I’m going to go to the movies with you’. In this case, if we separate ‘I’m going to go to the movies with you’, it seems that you are a person and that we’re going to go to the movies with someone with that name. If we give another example like ‘I’m going to go to the movies with Paula’ or ‘I’m going to the movies when I’m cold’, we see that the word with is always accompanied by a noun or an adjective, but you by itself means nothing, therefore the only option left to us is to put it together. So the phrase ‘I’m going to the movies with you’ is incorrect and ‘I’m going to the movies with you’ is correct.
In the event that we want to put ‘I’m going to the movies with you’, the meaning would be different, because you would mean that you’re going to go to the movies with someone and that someone’s name is Tigo, so the first letter should be in capital letters, in otherwise no. For what with you always goes together.
Tips for writing with you or with you
- Whenever you doubt how to write a word, it is better that you look at the Royal Spanish Academy to avoid problems. When in doubt about the word with you, think that if it is written separately it is because Tigo would be a person and should be capitalized, otherwise it always goes together with you.
- You could have downloaded an application on your mobile to know if you are writing it correctly. They are very useful when you doubt how words are written. More than anything, in the mobile Word, many times it does not correct the words that are misspelled, in the same way that it does not tell you when you have not put a tilde.
- If you ever don’t know exactly how a word is spelled and have no way of finding out, you can always use a synonym, maybe not exactly what you mean, but better come close before you misspell it.
- If the only way you have to find out how to spell with you or with you is to ask someone, don’t be shy, we all have doubts about how to spell some words and nothing happens.
- Before starting to write any word, always think about how you think it sounds better. See if the word is better separated in two or together. Many times it is necessary to say the word out loud to see how it sounds and to know the correct way to spell it.
- You can write the word on a piece of paper in the different ways you think it has, and thus, visually, it is usually much easier to recognize which one is correct.
- You have several ways to find out how to spell with you or with you, remember that the first one is to search the Royal Spanish Academy to find out if it exists. Once you know that you are not, or that you are writing it correctly, put it in Word or Google to find out which is the correct form, since you know that the one you have entered in the RAE is not. And there, in both ways, it will give you options on how to write it and you will know which is the correct form. It is always better to try to get by on your own than to seek help from other people, let that be the last option.