You might could stay here tonight.
source:
COCA
Entry:
1086
Example:
You might could stay here tonight, " the aunt said.
Modal 1:
might
Modal 2:
could
Gender:
Female
Race/Ethnicity:
Unknown
Age:
unknown
Level of Education:
Unknown
Home Community, Town, or State:
Unknown
Location Collected:
Fictional Story
Year:
1992
Relation to Addressee:
woman to woman
Medium:
Written
Sentence Structure:
1.0
Status:
Naturalistic
Notes:
Source: Cushman, Kathleen. 1992. 'Luxury' in Ploughshares 18:4.
Full Context: stumbling only a little here and there. # " You driving this family yourself? " the aunt said admiringly. Ivy laughed and settled herself on the seat, giving Buzzy a piece of ice to play with. # " I wouldn't do any of this without my man making me, " she said, tossing her hair back from where Buzzy had pulled it out of the pins and inclining her head toward the parking lot. " He's out with the car. We started maybe six this morning from West Tennessee. " # " You might could stay here tonight, " the aunt said. She jerked a thumb toward the back of the diner. " We got an empty cabin I could let the lot of you stay in for ten dollars. " " Sounds good to me, " Ivy said. The aunt was taking blistered pink hot dogs off a spiked rack that turned inside a hot glass case. She put each hot dog in a roll and then onto a thick china plate, and on the side, she put a