eWAVE - Datapoint Newfoundland English/Wider range of uses of progressive be + V-ing than in StE: extension to habitual contexts

Datapoint Newfoundland English/Wider range of uses of progressive be + V-ing than in StE: extension to habitual contexts

Variety:	Newfoundland English
Feature:	Wider range of uses of progressive be + V-ing than in StE: extension to habitual contexts
Value:	C - feature exists, but is extremely rare
Informants:	Sandra Clarke

Example 2069:: they wouldn't know what to be doin'

Source: of Newfoundland nd: C1310