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Example 14-83
It's snowing.
It's
it's
snowing.
snowing
It's snowing.
Comment:
It is not clear whether the
's
is a
be
form or whether
it's
is an unanalyzed whole.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
African American English
by
Lisa Green
cite
Datapoints:
Raining constructions: It rains
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