878
source:
DARE
Entry:
878
Example:
I might could should tell her about it.
Modal 1:
might
Modal 2:
could
Modal 3:
should
Gender:
Unknown
Race/Ethnicity:
Unknown
Level of Education:
Unknown
Home Community, Town, or State:
Unknown
Location Collected:
NC (central)
Year:
1989
Medium:
Spoken
Sentence Structure:
1.0
Notes:
Data is from Dictionary of American Regional English File; correspondent reports usage "now current, even among young underclass mountain types, are such phrases as “I might could should, meaning “perhaps I ought to.”