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Help with meaning



szamoca
Hungary

Help with meaning
 
Dear Colleagues,
 
I �m working on a worksheet right now and I got stuck with some words. Dictionaries didn �t help me. Could somebody tell me a proper definition for the underlined words from the quotation below?
 
 
 

When a verb is used with �NOT �,

We add �do � to make the lot.

 
 
 
This is urgent!
 
Imola 
 
 

28 Sep 2017      





Mariya-ye
Russian Federation

Hello, I think it means " to make it complete".

28 Sep 2017     



ldthemagicman
United Kingdom

Dear Imola,
 
I agree with Mariya-ye.
 
It is a two-line Poem, (which is probably for little children).
 
      "When a verb is used with �NOT �,
       We use �DO � to make the lot." 
      

=     "When a verb is in the Negative Form, and uses the negative word �NOT �,
          "We add the word �DO �, to make the sentence complete."
    
 
An EXAMPLE
 
Positive Form: "I like bananas."
Negative         "I not like bananas."      This is not correct English.
Negative Form "I  do not like bananas".   This IS CORRECT ENGLISH.
 
I hope that this helps you. 
 
Les Douglas 

28 Sep 2017     



szamoca
Hungary

Thanks a lot ! You helped me a lot! :-)

29 Sep 2017