I grew up in rural eastern NC and to this day my relatives in their 80’s and older use hope instead of helped as in ‘I hope my neighbor pick beans yesterday”.
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James Garner:
August 27th, 2017 at 8:47 am
I grew up in rural eastern NC and to this day my relatives in their 80’s and older use hope instead of helped as in ‘I hope my neighbor pick beans yesterday”.