Come on now woman, you might can tell it, but you can't change it. This ain't no time to be making cloth.
source:
COCA
Entry:
1010
Example:
Come on now woman, you might can tell it, but you can't change it.
Modal 1:
might
Modal 2:
can
Gender:
Male
Race/Ethnicity:
Unknown
Age:
unknown
Level of Education:
Unknown
Home Community, Town, or State:
Unknown
Location Collected:
Fictional Story
Year:
1994
Relation to Addressee:
brother to sister
Medium:
Written
Sentence Structure:
1.1
Status:
Naturalistic
Notes:
Source: Major, Devin. 1994. 'Where Linden and Hickory Cross', Frontiers 14:2.
Full Context: ... spit you back out full and evil as ever. # " Now, you and me are going back to my house for a few days and you gon na have to do like all the other spiders and pull some string out your belly' cause I'm not taking no damn loom with me. Michael was picking Kamau up from school today and bringing him by so I'm sure they are together. Phones are down, but Egypt is cool, and she'll get through when they come back up. Come on now woman, you might can tell it, but you can't change it. This ain't no time to be making cloth. " # Ernestine leaned back on her brother and sighed. # " You hear the mother moan Mico, sent a chill through me. Mico, how we gon na hold back this storm. Mico, she won't die. She'll kill all of us first. " # Jeremiah stroked her head like he used to do as a toddler when she would rock and sing to him