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Do-support

Do-support (sometimes referred to as do-insertion or periphrastic do) in English grammar is the use of the auxiliary verb do (or one of its inflected forms, e.g. does) to form negated clauses and constructions which require subject–auxiliary inversion, such as questions.

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Use of do as main verb

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Do-support

Nodes55
Edges54
Triples17
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.036364
Components1

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Do-support

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related to In questions · 7
Do-support → English, He, If, Is, She, The, Will
related to Meaning contribution · 4
Do-support → Historically, In, In Early Modern English, Middle English
related to With not · 4
Do-support → He, In, She, Then
related to Further uses · 1
Do-support → In

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auxiliary verb used questions english forms negated inversion subject emphasis form present elliptical laugh know sentences use copula required don't

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
thisinstance ofthe verb-phrase projects three bar-levels0.80text
Do-supportrelated to Further usesIn0.60section
Do-supportrelated to In questionsThe0.60section
Do-supportrelated to In questionsEnglish0.60section
Do-supportrelated to In questionsIf0.60section
Do-supportrelated to In questionsHe0.60section
Do-supportrelated to In questionsWill0.60section
Do-supportrelated to In questionsShe0.60section
Do-supportrelated to In questionsIs0.60section
Do-supportrelated to Meaning contributionIn0.60section
Do-supportrelated to Meaning contributionHistorically0.60section
Do-supportrelated to Meaning contributionMiddle English0.60section

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