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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Hello eveyone, I want to ask a question, what is the difference between auxiliary verb and lexical verb? thanks.
  

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org/wiki/List_of_English_auxiliary_verbs ] HERE [/url] is Wikipedia's list of them. A lexical or main verb is a member of an open class of verbs that includes all verbs except auxiliary verbs .

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  • org/wiki/List_of_English_auxiliary_verbs ] HERE [/url] is Wikipedia's list of them.
  • A lexical or main verb is a member of an open class of verbs that includes all verbs except auxiliary verbs .
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As a start:

Auxiliary verb: [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_auxiliary_verbs] HERE[/url] is Wikipedia's list of them.

A lexical or main verb is a member of an open class of verbs that includes all verbs except auxiliary verbs
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AnonymousHello eveyone, I want to ask a question, what is the difference between auxiliary verb and lexical verb? thanks.
The lexical verb is the last verb in a verb phrase. It's the verb that carries the main meaning of the phrase.

would have been being taken
have never been seen
will not know

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