Date:  Sat, 2 Jul 1994 20:14:52 CDT

From:  "Donald M. Lance" <ENGDL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MIZZOU1.BITNET>

Subject: Re: Double modals in Utah



They always be there on Saturdays.



George Halliday asked whether any North American dialects use this. I presume

he knows about VBE and is asking about other varieties. The 'be' + adverb

seems ungrammatical to me, but 'be' + adjective has an outside chance of being

possible in South Midland.



  They always be quiet on Sundays after church and a big meal.

  They sit around and be quiet for several hours.



I have a fuzzy recollection of surprising myself by saying the compound

structure in a situation that called for those two predicates.  DMLance