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Do-Support

It is well-known that English requires a mechanism called `do-support' for negated sentences and for inverted yes-no questions without auxiliaries.
(333)0(333
(334)
John does not want a car .  (334)0(334
(335)
$\ast$John not wants a car .  (335)0(335
(336)
John will not want a car .  (336)0(336
(337)
Do you want to leave home ?  (337)0(337
(338)
$\ast$want you to leave home ?  (338)0(338
(339)
will you want to leave home ? 



 

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