Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 09:57:03 -0500
From: Mai Kuha
Subject: Double modal in (somewhat) formal speech

I was happy to hear that Senator Trent Lott produced a double modal during
an interview on the Lehrer News Hour yesterday (4/22). More interesting
yet, it was retained in the on-line transcript:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/congress/jan-june98/lott_4-22.html

Lott's 2nd turn: "(...) I think the time will come when we can hopefully
come to an agreement on what we might can do in this area (...)"

-Mai
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