Search results for 'tag:helping verbs tag:Negatives' matching tags 'helping verbs' and 'Negatives'

Re: no and not

Avangi — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:49:35 GMT

"Not" is used with a verb to make it negative, usually with the helping verb "do." "No" may answer a question, or it may be used with a noun to indicate a zero quantity.

She is pretty. She is not pretty.

I like her. I do not like her.

You can pet the animals. You can not (can't) pet the animals.

Run! Do not (don't) run!

There is no excuse for what you've done.

We have seven more bananas. We have no more bananas.

Take no prisoners.

Re: I need help!

Grammar Geek — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:05:28 GMT

Positive:
She [main verb]. So do I/So does she.
She sings nicely. So does he.
He misses his nice weather of summer. So do I.
He has a good sense of humor. So does she. -- Here, "has" is the main verb.

She [helping verb main verb]. So [helping verb] I/she.
She has lost her pen. So have I.
He was going to bake a cake. So was she.

Negative:
This works the same, except with "neither" instead of "so." Use the auxilliary/helping verb.

She doesn't sing very well. Neither does he.
She didn't miss me very much. Neither did he.
She hasn't got any money. Neither have I.

Re: again

Clive — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:12:15 GMT

Hi,

You can use 'like' in various ways, such as these.

eg adjective Coke is like Pepsi. Coke is not like lemonade. When you use 'like' as an adjective, don't use 'do'.

eg verb My sisters like Coke. My brothers don't ( ie do not) like Coke. 'Do' is used as the auxiliary/helping verb with the main verb 'like'.

Use 'do' only when you are using 'like' as a verb.

Tom likes Mary. Don't use 'do'.

Do you like Mary? Use 'do' in a question like this.

I don't like Mary. Use 'do' in a negative statement like this.

Best wishes, Clive

making a question

hanuman_2000 — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 04:11:20 GMT

Hello ,

I want to know the basic rules for making question using Wh-words.

For example:

It has been raining for three weeks.

I have to frame a question using "How".

How long has it been raining?

What is general rule for it.

Is it like----

Question word(how,when,where,why etc) +first helping verb+subject+the remaining part of the sentence.

If it is a negative sentence then what is the correct rule.
For example.

2. It has not been raining since Monday.

a) How long has it not been raining?
b) How long has not it been raining?

Which one is correct (a) or (b)?

What is the position of not in such question?

Please explain it to me. I need your help.

Thanks.

Negative

hanuman_2000 — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 08:11:49 GMT

Sir,

1.I prefer not to speak him.

2.It is better not to buy new car.

I am a bit confused with these sentences. As this these are negative sentences but without any helping verb.

What type of constructions are these?

Please expain it to me.

Thanks.

Re: Had we known/ If I had known - INVERSION

pemmican — Sat, 04 Oct 2003 13:34:43 GMT

>>Sorry for intruding in this discussion, but your question is similar to one I was addressing a few days ago. If I may proceed... To say 'Had you a good night?' is correct because English questions must begin with an auxiliary verb - 'had,' like 'do' and 'be' is both an auxiliary and main verb, so it can begin questions.

'do' and 'have' occur as auxiliaries (but then always with a full verb!) when you have to form tenses.

SIMPLE tenses do not require an auxiliary except when they are negated:

I work, I go, I do, I have; I worked, I went, I did, I had
-> all these verbs are full verbs, including have and do.

When you want to put these sentences in the negative or ask questions, you have to use the auxiliary "do" to do that, i.e. instead of negating the actual full verb, you negate the helping verb while the full verb remains:
I don't/ didn't work, I don't/ didn't go, I don't/ didn't do, I don't/ didn't have
Do/ did you work, go, do, have...?

PERFECT tenses need "have" to build the forms:

I have worked, I have gone, I have done, I have had
I had worked, I had gone, I had done, I had had
-> here the 1st verb (have/had) is the auxiliary while the 2nd forms (worked, gone, done, had) are full verbs.

When negating or asking, you again just negate the auxiliary "have" and not the full verb:
I haven't worked, I haven't gone, I haven't done, I haven't had
I hadn't worked, I hadn't gone, I hadn't done, I hadn't have.
Have/ had you worked, gone, done, had...?

---> "Had you a good night?" then is actually not correct because "had" in this case is a full verb! Therefore it should be "Have you had a good night?" (

Interesting that "be" doesn't have to have an auxiliary, it is negated itself in simple tenses:
I am not, he isn't, we weren't instead of: I don't be, he doesn't be, we didn't be.
--> This is btw it goes with every verb (no matter if auxiliary or full verb) in German, e.g.:
Ich bin nicht (lit: I am not)
er geht nicht (lit: he goes not ->he doesn't go)
ich habe nicht (lit: I have not -> I don't have)
er arbeitet nicht (lit: he works not -> he doesn't work)...

--->However, the 'do' verb in modern English is pushing out the 'have', and is now normally appended to 'have' in questions, which makes 'have' questions sound archaic; yet, it is still heard from time to time and totally accepted, like in "have you a moment?'

So according to what I explained just before and what you explained right above, maybe it is definately an old stylish form to build up negative or interrogative sentences and the unnecessary of using an auxiliary remains from former Old- or Middle- English??

Well, I'll try to check it out