[Ads-l] "Be strung out (behind [NP])" = "be in love (with [NP])"

[Wilson Gray]

On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 4:21 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The best HDAS can do (i.e., "could have done"):


Well, that's *very* good, IMO! I'd be impressed, except for the fact that
that is what I've come to, better,  *learned to* expect from HDAS.  But
including it would have added nothing to the info that's already available
in The Bible.

That hypercorrection of "behind" to "over" in the example from '65 has a
certain boojie ring to it. I'm surprised that Woodie King, Jr., who, like
hate, be kicking *much* ass, let that go.

-- 
-Wilson
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