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habitual be

habitual be noun: 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".

Noun

habitual be (uncountable)

  1. 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".

Questions about habitual be

What does habitual be mean?
Habitual be means 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".
What part of speech is habitual be?
Habitual be is a noun.

Words near habitual be in the dictionary

  1. habitual aborters
  2. habitual abortion
  3. habitual abortions
  4. habitual aspect
  5. habitual aspects
  6. habitual be
  7. habitual offender
  8. habitual offenders
  9. habitualisation
  10. habitualisations
  11. habitualise

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