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At 05:52 PM 11/7/2000 +0000, Lynne Murphy wrote:<br>
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>>A southern student in my "Dialect Voices in Literature"
class<br>
>>suggested that "gone and" is equivalent to PERFECT
"done" in this<br>
>>construction. However, another southern student said she was
not<br>
>>familiar with it. My African-American student had no clue
either.<br>
>>The rest of white American students in the class had no idea.
Can<br>
>>anybody on this list enlighten us?<br>
><br>
>Your question's a bit ambiguous. Are the other students
unfamiliar<br>
>with "gone and" or "done"? The former seems
unbelievable.<br>
><br>
<font size=4>They are all unfamiliar with the "gone and"
construction.<br>
<br>
Sali.<br>
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