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- noun linguistics The use of the
auxiliary verb "do " innegative orinterrogative English sentences that do not contain other auxiliaries.
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qroqqa commented on the word do-support
The use of 'do' as the inflected verb in a negative, interrogative, or emphatic clause.
July 29, 2008