"People be saying..."
I couldn't find such usage of the verb "to be" in my grammar handbook, so I suppose it is some kind of slang or informal English. But what exactly does it mean? And would you please give me more examples of this usage?
Thank you very much.
"people be saying..."
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Re: "people be saying..."
It is not standard usage!