"As Well."

[Wilson Gray]

I've heard "and plus" from Ameriicans of all racres, creds, colors,
and sexual orientations. In fact, when I was in high school in the
'50's, I learned a prescriptive rule against using " and plus,"
because either the "and" or the "plus" would be redundant. But, AFAIK,
"and plus besides" is yet another fine contribution of the man of soul
to the English langusge. :-)

-Wilson

On 5/8/07, James Harbeck <jharbeck at sympatico.ca> wrote:
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> >BE does enjoy beginning a sentence with "and plus besides."
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> I hear "and plus" every so often from white Canadians, but I don't
> think I've heard it with "besides".
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> James Harbeck.
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