Double progressives?
Mark A. Mandel
Mark_Mandel at DRAGONSYS.COM
Wed May 23 20:42:03 UTC 2001
This appeared on the LINGUIST List, and I thought it might not be out of
place on ADS-L as well. It's probably best to reply to the questioner.
Mark A. Mandel : Dragon Systems, a Lernout & Hauspie company
Mark_Mandel at dragonsys.com : Senior Linguist
320 Nevada St., Newton, MA 02460, USA : http://www.dragonsys.com
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Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 17:02:24 +0100
From: jlc115 <jlc115 at york.ac.uk>
Subject: Double progressives?
Some dialects of English allow the use of double aspectuals:
1. He could have not have gone.
Some American English dialects allow double modal constructions:
2. He might could have gone.
I was wondering if there are any dialects that allow double progressives?
Thanks.
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