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do-support

do-support noun: the use of the auxiliary verb "do" in negative or interrogative English sentences that do not contain other auxiliaries.

Noun

do-support (uncountable)

  1. The use of the auxiliary verb "do" in negative or interrogative English sentences that do not contain other auxiliaries.
    • As we can see, ‘do-support’ is a frequently used construction in Modern English, that has no equal construction in German. We chose the topic of ‘do-support’ for our study since “[...]^([sic]) do-support is one of the main stumbling blocks”[…]2018, Janina Madlener, The Phenomenon of “do-support”: Problems of German Learners of English in a Linguistic Perspective, GRIN Verlag, →ISBN, page 1
    Synonyms:
    do-insertion

Synonyms of do-support

Questions about do-support

What does do-support mean?
Do-support means the use of the auxiliary verb "do" in negative or interrogative English sentences that do not contain other auxiliaries.
What part of speech is do-support?
Do-support is a noun.

Words near do-support in the dictionary

  1. do-sa-do
  2. do-sa-dos
  3. do-se-do
  4. do-si-do
  5. do-si-dos
  6. do-support
  7. do-while loop
  8. do-while loops
  9. do.
  10. DOA
  11. doab

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