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quote user parkerdrums Student has used have as a main and auxiliary verb instead of have for the main and do negative for the auxiliary quote In the original the student used have as the main verb there is no aux verb quote user parkerdrums Subject do neg frequency adverb verb aux quote Why do...

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 without an operator the...

Hi redliddyI am not so sure what to say about your Others group but the difference between Modals and Semi modals is very clear I have always called modals defective auxiliaries by the way but I do know that your term is also used With the modals you never use do in questions and negations I can...

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 everybody...

I don t think there is any really satisfactory explanation except to say that the verb dare is quite unusual Sometimes it is used as a full verb while at other times it is used somewhat like a modal or auxiliary verb The full form is acceptable in all circumstances the auxiliary like form is more...

I don t know about the most popular verb business have is used more often since it can function as an auxiliary verb the use of be as an auxiliary is encountered more rarely that s interesting i always thought the most popular 2 letter expression was I m as in I m off tut pub I m quite interested...

nq 1 As far as I know you usually can t leave out got after have in negative and interrogative sentences Grammars say as Have you a car or I haven t a job or I haven t it don t sound very natural to me nq What you are experiencing is language change in action The forms without got would have...

Hello again Pastel You are definitely complicating my winter holidays L Let s have a look at this concept of negation in relation with I don t like him as much as you do You posted Back to our original sentence there is a nagative auxiliary that makes me relate its function to form a negation of...

Dear Mirium I m sorry for that breathless post Are you any better now Have you caught some Z s You didn t misunderstand my question at all this is what I need I understand the meanings of this ambiguous sentence and I was trying to analysize it from a grammatical point of view I m looking for...

Pastel I have a headache already L Let s go step by step I agree with what you said about the first pair of sentences me I do Your other example I don t like him as much as you can certainly be ambiguous the two interpretations you posted are possible I agree with your analysis of 2 a I d say...