End of ADS-L Digest - 25 Apr 1995 to 26 Apr 1995

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There are 13 messages totalling 293 lines in this issue.



Topics of the day:



 1. Fixing to carry you (3)

 2. <No subject given>

 3. Reviewing "HEARTLAND" ENGLISH

 4. Dialect Novel (2)

 5. Bounced Mail (3)

 6. Anodyne Expletives and TV police dramas

 7. SECOL Web Page

 8. Allen Walker Read



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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)