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English negative and interrogative formation relies on auxiliary inversion and do-suppo...

English negative and interrogative formation relies on auxiliary inversion and do-support when no auxiliary is present. Negative polarity items (NPIs) require licensing contexts (negation, questions, conditionals). Tag questions integrate polarity reversal and intonation to seek confirmation or challenge (cf. Quirk et al.; Huddleston). Choose the correct option.


A

Do-support appears when lexical verbs form questions without an auxiliary.


B

NPIs occur freely in positive declaratives with broad-focus intonation.


C

Tag questions always soften stance in any dialect.


D

Inversion is optional in WH-questions with subject interrogatives.


E

Negation in English avoids any auxiliary, unlike questions.