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It is well-known that English requires a mechanism called `do-support' for
negated sentences and for inverted yes-no questions without auxiliaries.
(333)0(333
- (334)
- John does not want a car .
(334)0(334
- (335)
- John not wants a car .
(335)0(335
- (336)
- John will not want a car .
(336)0(336
- (337)
- Do you want to leave home ?
(337)0(337
- (338)
- want you to leave home ?
(338)0(338
- (339)
- will you want to leave home ?
XTAG Project
1998-09-14