Re: Question about "do"
| From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, July 27, 2003, 16:21 |
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"E. Notagain" wrote:
> What exactly is the word "do"?
>
> "Do you want to go with me?"
> "I do not want to."
> "What do you want to do?" (in this sentence, the second "do" is quite
> obviously a verb, but it just doesn't... seem to be one in the others.)
An auxiliary verb, required in English because of a requirement that
"not" follow an auxiliary, rather than a lexical verb (with the
exception of "be" or, in some dialects, "have") and that subjects follow
the auxiliary in questions (again, except for "be" or, in some dialects,
"have").
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