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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Auxiliary verbs
Hi,
I've been racking my brains (and Google) over this for some time now. Everything I've found so far seems to suggest (but never explicitly states) that auxiliary verbs come before the main verbs, and never come after the verb they are 'assisting'.
Is this correct? Take the following sentence for example:
"Some people say that reading books is not good for your eyes"
My confusion here is regarding the word 'IS'. My studies tell me that this could be an auxiliary verb (coming from the verb To be) or act as a main verb in the absence of any other main verbs. However, in this sentence we already have the verbs To say and To read, but the word 'IS' comes after these, so what does that make it?
Many thanks in advance!
I've been racking my brains (and Google) over this for some time now. Everything I've found so far seems to suggest (but never explicitly states) that auxiliary verbs come before the main verbs, and never come after the verb they are 'assisting'.
Is this correct? Take the following sentence for example:
"Some people say that reading books is not good for your eyes"
My confusion here is regarding the word 'IS'. My studies tell me that this could be an auxiliary verb (coming from the verb To be) or act as a main verb in the absence of any other main verbs. However, in this sentence we already have the verbs To say and To read, but the word 'IS' comes after these, so what does that make it?
Many thanks in advance!
Top answer
Hi, "Some people say that reading books is not good for your eyes" 'Some people say . . ' is the main clause.
- Hi, "Some people say that reading books is not good for your eyes" 'Some people say .
- .
- ' is the main clause.
- Its main verb is 'say'.
- 'Reading books is not good for your eyes' is a subordinate clause.
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Hi,
| "Some people say that reading books is not good for your eyes" 'Some people say . . . ' is the main clause. Its main verb is 'say'. 'Reading books is not good for your eyes' is a subordinate clause. The main verb in this clause is 'is'. It's not an auxiliary here. |
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