Date:  Mon, 7 Apr 1997 21:44:47 +0000
<br>From:  Bill Spruiell  3lfyuji[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU 
<br>Subject: Re: used to could
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<br>In my slightly-north-of-central-Alabama dialect, not only is "used to
<br>could" common, but a perhaps analogous construction, "might should
<br>ought to" is also. That last one is the only "triple-decker" modal
<br>that I can recall using naturally (as long as the "ought to" is
<br>pronounced "awda", of course).
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<br>Bill Spruiell
<br>Central Michigan University
<br>Dept. of English Language and Literature
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