dialect in novels

[Dennis R. Preston]

>Yeah, I even know people who get excited about "and plus." Of
>course, I don't invite them for dinner.

dInIs


>At 10:13 AM 2/25/01 -0500, you wrote:
>>Wouldn't argue. It just seems that one or the other is redundant; like
>>"focus in on" or "continued on".
>>
>>Go Green
>>
>>Bob
>
>Reminds me of a former TA who considers "co-occur together" (quoted from
>Fromkin & Rodman, our old Lx favorite) to be "teeth-clenchingly,
>nerve-gratingly redundant."  Needless to say, she's no longer teaching
>linguistics.
>
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