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Example 14-69
He can take the bus.
He
he
can
can
take
take
the
the
bus.
bus
He can take the bus.
Comment:
Here
can
denotes ability.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
African American English
by
Lisa Green
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility
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