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Superking Diglot Groupie United States polyglutwastaken.blo Joined 6644 days ago 87 posts - 194 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Mandarin	Message 25 of 25 24 March 2012 at 6:42pm \| IP Logged
	Your translation of that line from Dr. King's speech from standard American English to AAVE is quite flawed. The "be + verbing" construct is used to express a habitual action, and "I be dreaming" is actually closer to what would be expressed by the standard habitual "I dream." It's okay though, AAVE isn't on everyone's hit list. 4 persons have voted this message useful

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