Timeline for When to use "am not" and "do not" in a sentence
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| Nov 22, 2015 at 20:31 | comment | added | StoneyB on hiatus | @Ale I see no need to expand this indefinitely; most folks who need answers to questions like this know what auxiliaries are. | |
| Nov 22, 2015 at 20:29 | comment | added | Schwale | Of course, I know, I thought you were going to put them all. | |
| Nov 22, 2015 at 20:25 | comment | added | StoneyB on hiatus | @Ale : Can/could, may/might, shall/should, will/would, like must, have and be are auxiliaries. | |
| Nov 22, 2015 at 20:18 | comment | added | Schwale | Other constuctions add: can, need and son on. | |
| May 2, 2013 at 9:59 | vote | accept | Amish Aa | ||
| Apr 16, 2013 at 18:47 | history | edited | StoneyB on hiatus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 16, 2013 at 18:44 | comment | added | StoneyB on hiatus | @FumbleFingers Quite. I'll add that. | |
| Apr 16, 2013 at 18:14 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | At one time it was also common to negate the main verb without including do-support, but "I know not what to say" has a decidedly "Shakespearean" flavour today. | |
| Apr 16, 2013 at 11:31 | history | edited | StoneyB on hiatus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 16, 2013 at 11:09 | history | answered | StoneyB on hiatus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |