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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.
(385)0(385
- (386)
- John does not want a car .
(386)0(386
- (387)
- John not wants a car .
(387)0(387
- (388)
- John will not want a car .
(388)0(388
- (389)
- Do you want to leave home ?
(389)0(389
- (390)
- want you to leave home ?
(390)0(390
- (391)
- will you want to leave home ?
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