black south african english
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‘She said she had come looking for me.’
Comment: certain contexts (e.g.
a subordinate clause preceded by a main clause with
past
tense verbs) the simple past corresponds to the past perfect of StE:
Modality
8.
how am I going to construct a good sentence so as this person can be
able to hear me clearly.
‘ … so that this person can understand me clearly.’
Comment: other modals ( shall, must, may, might, will,
would, should ), which all allow collocations with be able
9.
it can be in Computer Science.
‘Perhaps it could have been in the fi eld of Computer Science.’
Comment: The present forms can and will are
occasionally used where StE prefers the past forms could and would in irrealis
contexts.
Can occasionally has the (irrealis) semantics of might :
10.I said, “No, they can be wild, but they’re human beings.”
‘ … they might be wild…’
May sometimes occurs as a polite form of (irrealis) could :
11.
May you please lend me a pen.
‘Could you please …’
Invertion of auxiliary with the subject in indirect questions
12.
I don’t know what did he say.
‘I don’t know what he said.’
13.
I didn’t know what were they saying …
…what they were saying”
PRO + be + NUMERICAL constructions → there + be + NUMERICAL
14.Q: Have you got a full squad today?
A: We are ten.
St: ‘There are ten of us.’
Comment: a partitive genitive sense ‘ten of us’,
Complementation.
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