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Jamesmymail Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

What is helping and main verb in the sentence?

He needs to pick my book.
  

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jamesmymail What is helping and main verb in the sentence? 'Need to' is classified as a semi-modal or quasi-modal auxiliary verb in some grammar books. The main verb then is 'pick'.

— Mister Micawber

  • jamesmymail What is helping and main verb in the sentence?
  • 'Need to' is classified as a semi-modal or quasi-modal auxiliary verb in some grammar books.
  • The main verb then is 'pick'.
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jamesmymailWhat is helping and main verb in the sentence?
Strictly speaking, there is no auxiliary verb.'Need to' is classified as a semi-modal or quasi-modal auxiliary verb in some grammar books. The main verb then is 'pick'.
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NEED is a full verb when it takes the third-person -s, has negative and interrogative forms with DO, and is followed by a to- infinitive.
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Full verb means "Main Verb"? And, is there any helping verb in the sentence.
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Auxiliary (helping) verbs carry no real meaning. They function in the formation of such things as tense/aspect, voice negation, interrogation and emphasis. The three primary auxiliary verbs are BE (progressive/continuous aspect, passive voice), HAVE (perfect aspect) and DO (negation, interrogation, emphasis). These three verbs can also function as full verbs.

The modal (auxiliary) verbs e
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