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whitedove326
Sep 27, 2010, 03:50 PM

Wondergirl
Sep 27, 2010, 04:08 PM
Helping verbs. "Helping verbs or auxiliary verbs such as will, shall, may, might, can, could, must, ought to, should, would, used to, need are used in conjunction with main verbs to express shades of time and mood."

The dog would've barked.
dog = noun
would have = helping verbs
barked = main verb

You're welcome.

whitedove326
Sep 27, 2010, 04:22 PM
Thank you very much!