By Auxiliaries, Adverbs

<<rarely, hardly, scarcely, and barely are typical examples of negative polarity items.>> CJ made a very good point . Most people tag the question often based on how the auxiliary word is configured into the sentence. Adverbs ( as those pointed out ) bearing negative connotation...

Note the definition: Operators are the modals (can, could, will, would, etc.) and forms of be -- and also forms of do or have used as auxiliaries. The negative adverb not can only be carried by an operator, i.e., can only be used when accompanied by an operator. To negate a sentence...

Hi,She walks to school, I walk to school.She seldom walks to school, I seldom walk to school. (when you add an adverb, nothing changes)She doesn't walk to school, I don't walk to school. (when you use an auxiliary verb, the verb is in base form, therefore no "s")She didn't walk to school, I...

Maple wrote:But this one seems correct: Not far from there stood Edgar Snow, the famous American author.Hi MapleYou are right. However, note that just the word order is inverted and the usual grammatical interrogative structure is not used.Cf.Not only did he stand on a chair, he also looked...

Say what kind of phrase each of the following is, and account for its structure: is doing most upwardly truly vicious the economic effect of immigration on US households by a quarter a is a verb phrase which contains a verb preceded by the auxiliary is. b is an adverb phrase with...

Does it actually matter? Yes, it often matters with certain kinds of adverbs, but the cases you have presented here allow for some flexibility. Adverbs of manner (worryingly, better) usually occur after the verb, so probably the most usual positions for your examples would be: has...

What about in passive voice? Cancun is annually visited by an array of tourists... or Cancun is visited annually by an array of tourists...? Does the rule apply to the auxiliary "to be" or only the verb? How about Their demands can sometimes be extreme. or Their demands can be sometimes...

either is not correct. adverb: after a negative statement used as an intensive meaning. Negative statements are formed by placing not after the auxiliary: I do not like pizza. I do not hate pizza

Thank you to all those who have posted their suggestions to my little imagination game. Some have taken it very seriously thinking they would have to relearn English after the 'changes'. This was meant to be just a game, not for those wo take everything seriously, and of course in this game...

I think you all are missing one thing; it's the very basic question. The definition of operator. Up till now no one has defined what operators actually are. Operators are verbs with special properties as explained in the article I cited for you above. Some authors just call them...