Re: OT: English and schizophrenia
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, August 10, 2001, 2:27 |
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Lars Henrik Mathiesen scripsit:
> He surely should have been able to get that done before they came.
Nonstandard Southern American can have double modals, too:
He should coulda got that done before they came, surely.
This is a bit extreme, but "might could" for "might have been
able to" is very common.
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John Cowan cowan@ccil.org
One art/there is/no less/no more/All things/to do/with sparks/galore
--Douglas Hofstadter
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