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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.
(385)0(385
(386)
John does not want a car .  (386)0(386
(387)
John not wants a car .  (387)0(387
(388)
John will not want a car .  (388)0(388
(389)
Do you want to leave home ?  (389)0(389
(390)
want you to leave home ?  (390)0(390
(391)
will you want to leave home ? 



 

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