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#28980 05/12/2001 8:35 AM

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Avy

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Avy

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Joined: Jun 2000

Posts: 724

Can the word "be" ever be substituted for the word "is", as in :
"She be coming"
Is this archaism, colloquialism, or just not anything at all?

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