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Datapoint Irish English/Wider range of uses of progressive be + V-ing than in StE: extension to habitual contexts
Variety:
Irish English
Feature:
Wider range of uses of progressive be + V-ing than in StE: extension to habitual contexts
Value:
B - feature is neither pervasive nor extremely rare
Informants:
Markku Filppula
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Examples
Example 3974:
they were going there long ago [to cut turf]
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