Date: Thu, 27 Apr 1995 05:36:28 -0500

From: Natalie Maynor maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]RA.MSSTATE.EDU

Subject: Fixing to carry you



Growing up in my Mississippi,Alabama,and Tennessee home we used such

phrases as fixing to or I'm going to carry you somewhere.

Are these grammatically correct?



They're grammatical in my dialect.

--Natalie (maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ra.msstate.edu)