OF THE AUXILIARY VERBS.

AUXILIARY or HELPING VERBS are those by the help of which the English

verbs are principally conjugated. _May, can, must, might, could, would,

should,_ and _shall_, are always auxiliaries; _do, be, have_, and

_will_, are sometimes auxiliaries, and sometimes principal verbs.

The use of the auxiliaries is shown in the following conjugation.

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