Fifteen-year-old Harry calls his friend to let him know that he will be coming over his house later to play video games and says "I be going to come over later." This is an example of which dialect?
A) Hispanic English
B) African-American English
C) Asian English
D) Southern English
B) African-American English. The most studied social dialect of Standard American English is African American English (AAE), also known as Black English or Ebonics. AAE is a distinct dialect of English, complete with its own linguistic rules and vocabulary, not a simplistic or incorrect form of Standard American English.
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