Talk:Habitual be

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"Habitual be is the nonstandard use of zero copula or an ivariant be..." Should that say "invariant" instead of "ivariant"? 152.19.189.90 (talk) 18:02, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Is this really the definition that the sources give? Then this deviates from the use among linguists. Habitual be is NOT the use of zero copula. A zero copula use would be a sentence like He a good man. -- Sinatra (talk) 10:20, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

This is also used in hiberno-English, and it's conjugated like a regularly in the present tense. "He bes down the town every now and then." "They never be doing that sort of thing." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.42.62.161 (talk) 22:23, 30 March 2008 (UTC)