do-support — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. The use of the auxiliary verb "do" in negative or interrogative English sentences that do not contain other auxiliaries.

   Uso

   • non numerabile

   Sinonimi

   do-insertion

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   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”[…]