Billie Holiday

[Margaret Lee]

Black English (AAE) _does_ have a standard, and "every" is definitely a part of it.  It grew up saying it and hearing it in that context all the time.
_________

Uh, you've never heard any other black person speak or sing? If Black
English had a standard, this use of "every" would be part of that
standard.

-Wilson Gray




Margaret G. Lee, Ph.D.
Professor of English & Linguistics
  and University Editor
Department of English
Hampton University, Hampton, VA 23668
757-727-5769(voice);757-727-5084(fax)
margaret.lee at hamptonu.edu   or   mlee303 at yahoo.com

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