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Why Some People Say 'Might Could.' The Spanish Influence on English. Mickle Story.

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

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Introduction

Grammar girl here. I'm in yon fogarty, and you can think of me as your friendly guide to the english language. We talk about writing, history, rules and other cool stuff. To day, we're going to talk about a fun southern regionalism and the influence of spanish on english. Last week, i was a guest on the anne fisher show on w o s u to talk about regionalisms. Someone asked about a particular kind of phrase that uses something called modal auxiliary verbs. And i thought it would be fun to talk about them more here.

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