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Example 20-65
厚件米其未士得
How
can
makee mistake?
How
how
can
can
makee
make
mistake?
mistake
How can it be a mistake?
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Tong 1862
: IV.71
Language:
Chinese Pidgin English
by
Michelle Li
and
Stephen Matthews
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility
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