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Italia Posted 14 years ago
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Verbs

Can someone tell me please what are helping verbs?
  

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'Helping verb' is another name for 'auxiliary verb': for instance, will, shall, may, might, can, could, must, ought to, should, would, used to, need. htm

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  • 'Helping verb' is another name for 'auxiliary verb': for instance, will, shall, may, might, can, could, must, ought to, should, would, used to, need.
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'Helping verb' is another name for 'auxiliary verb': for instance, will, shall, may, might, can, could, must, ought to, should, would, used to, need. You can read about them here: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/auxiliary.htm
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Italiawhat are helping verbs?
They are verbs that are typically used before other verbs.

There are twenty-eight auxiliary forms in English. (F. R. Palmer: The English Verb)

BE: is, are, am, was, were, ("nonfinite forms" be, being, been),
HAVE: has, have, had, ("nonfinite forms" have, having),
DO: do, does, did,
MODALS:
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