habitual be

noun

Definitions

  1. The use of the uninflected verb be in certain dialects of English to indicate…

    The use of the uninflected verb be in certain dialects of English to indicate habitualness as in "she be drinking tea" meaning "she regularly drinks tea".

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for habitual be. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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