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They should always arrive before the chairman does.
Is "does" a lexical or an auxiliary verb in the sentence above?
Is "before" both a preposition and a subordinate conjunction in that sentence?
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tkacka15 They should always arrive before the chairman does . Is "does" a lexical or an auxiliary verb in the sentence above? Is "before" both a preposition and a subordinate conjunction in that sentence?
- tkacka15 They should always arrive before the chairman does .
- Is "does" a lexical or an auxiliary verb in the sentence above?
- Is "before" both a preposition and a subordinate conjunction in that sentence?
- 'Does' is an auxiliary verb here.
- It is used to avoid the repetition of the main verb—to arrive.
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tkacka15They should always arrive before the chairman does.
Is "does" a lexical or an auxiliary verb in the sentence above?
Is "before" both a preposition and a subordinate conjunction in that sentence?
'Does' is an auxiliary verb here. It is used to avoid the repetition of the main verb—to arrive.
'Before' functions as a sub
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