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What (who) is auxiliary verb - definition

FORMAL AUXILLIARY VERBS
Verbal auxiliaries; Auxillary verb; Auxilliary verb; Auxilliary verbs; Auxiliary verbs; Full verb; Helping verb; Verbal auxiliary; Auxilary verbs; Auxilary verb; Helping verbs; Helper verb; Helper verbs; Progressive auxiliary; Helping Verbs; Semi-auxiliary; Semiauxiliary

auxiliary verb         
¦ noun Grammar a verb used in forming the tenses, moods, and voices of other verbs (in English primarily be, do, and have).
Auxiliary verb         
An auxiliary verb (abbreviated ) is a verb that adds functional or grammatical meaning to the clause in which it occurs, so as to express tense, aspect, modality, voice, emphasis, etc. Auxiliary verbs usually accompany an infinitive verb or a participle, which respectively provide the main semantic content of the clause.
Light verb         
IN GRAMMAR, A VERB PARTICIPATING IN COMPLEX PREDICATION
Vector verb; Explicator verb; Light Verb Constructions; Light verb construction
In linguistics, a light verb is a verb that has little semantic content of its own and forms a predicate with some additional expression, which is usually a noun.Concerning light verbs in general, see Jespersen (1965, Volume VI:117), Grimshaw and Mester (1988), and especially Butt (2003:paper attached).

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Auxiliary verb

An auxiliary verb (abbreviated aux) is a verb that adds functional or grammatical meaning to the clause in which it occurs, so as to express tense, aspect, modality, voice, emphasis, etc. Auxiliary verbs usually accompany an infinitive verb or a participle, which respectively provide the main semantic content of the clause. An example is the verb have in the sentence I have finished my lunch. Here, the auxiliary have helps to express the perfect aspect along with the participle, finished. Some sentences contain a chain of two or more auxiliary verbs. Auxiliary verbs are also called helping verbs, helper verbs, or (verbal) auxiliaries. Research has been conducted into split inflection in auxiliary verbs.