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Line 51: ===Grammar=== These features are characteristic of both older Southern American English, which underwent massive change during ~~[[Reconstruction]]~~reconstruction after the [[American Civil War]], and is now largely rural and rarely used by those born after World War II; and newer Southern American English, encompasing rural and urban areas and used by those born after WWII. * Use of ''(a-)fixin' to'' as an indicator of immediate future action. For example: "He's fixin' to eat," or "We're a-fixin' to go."

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