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Datapoint Indian South African English/Non-standard use of modals for politeness reasons
Variety:
Indian South African English
Feature:
Non-standard use of modals for politeness reasons
Value:
B - feature is neither pervasive nor extremely rare
Informants:
Rajend Mesthrie
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Examples
Example 3536:
I wouldn't know.
don't know'
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