MIAMI - Zeledon2
Instances of can

21REBpeople can say .
  peoplepeople.N.SG cancan.V.123SP.PRES saysay.V.INFIN .
  
95REB&b can we use Bird Bowl ?
  cancan.V.123SP.PRES wewe.PRON.SUB.1P useuse.V.1P.PRES Birdname Bowlname ?
  
180MATyou can help me out because [?] I have bad eyes .
  youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP cancan.V.2SP.PRES helphelp.V.INFIN meme.PRON.OBJ.1S outout.ADV becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S havehave.V.1S.PRES badbad.ADJ eyeseyes.N.PL .
  
230MATI have twenty twenty from (.) like (.) close like if I didn't have (th)em on <I could see> [//] I can read fine you know .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S havehave.V.1S.PRES twentytwenty.NUM twentytwenty.NUM fromfrom.PREP likelike.CONJ.[or].like.SV.INFIN closeclose.V.INFIN likelike.CONJ ifif.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S didn'tdid.V.PAST+NEG havehave.SV.INFIN themthem.PRON.OBJ.3P onon.PREP II.PRON.SUB.1S couldcan.V.COND seesee.V.INFIN II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES readread.V.INFIN finefine.N.SG youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES .
  
232MATlike I if you know I can read that .
  likelike.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S ifif.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES readread.V.INFIN thatthat.DEM.FAR .
  
418MATI don't think anybody that does that can go by that .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S don'tdo.V.1S.PRES+NEG thinkthink.V.INFIN anybodyanybody.PRON thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR doesdoes.V.INFIN thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR cancan.V.123SP.PRES gogo.V.INFIN byby.PREP thatthat.DEM.FAR .
  
424MATno I don't think anybody can just xxx say no .
  nono.ADV II.PRON.SUB.1S don'tdo.V.1S.PRES+NEG thinkthink.V.INFIN anybodyanybody.PRON cancan.V.123SP.PRES justjust.ADV saysay.V.INFIN nono.ADV .
  

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