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21 January
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(This is a part of my senior thesis I'm writing now.
I would appreciate if you find something awkward or grammatically incorrect and correct it to make it sound natural) ※Never mind about the content :)
Been in AAVE is used to represent that actions or conditions referred in the sentence was done in the deep past and that they are valid until the moment the speaker is talking about them.
(This is a part of my senior thesis I'm writing now.
I would appreciate if you find something awkward or grammatically incorrect and correct it to make it sound natural) ※Never mind about the content :)
Been in AAVE is used to represent that actions or conditions referred in the sentence was done in the deep past and that they are valid until the moment the speaker is talking about them.
I would appreciate if you find something awkward or grammatically incorrect and correct it to make it sound natural) ※Never mind about the content :)
Been in AAVE is used to represent that actions or conditions referred in the sentence was done in the deep past and that they are valid until the moment the speaker is talking about them.
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21 January
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"Been" in AAVE is used to represent actions or conditions, referred to in the sentence, as having been done in the [distant] past. These representations are valid until the moment the speaker talks about them.
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What do you mean by the actions being " valid until the moment the speaker is talking about them"?
I'm not sure what your senior thesis is about, so just to understand the context better... :)
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"Been" in AAVE is used to represent actions or conditions, referred to in the sentence, as having been done in the [distant] past. These representations are valid until the moment the speaker talks about them.
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@Michihabla Thanks for your upvote. I have got used to Takumi's thesis 'lingo'!
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@henryHigg yes, you answered it well 😆🙏
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