Auxiliary verbs in a compound or series

Subject: Auxiliary verbs in a compound or series
From: Odile Sullivan-Tarazi <odile -at- mindspring -dot- com>
To: "Techwr-L List" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:10:29 -0700


From _The American Heritage Book of English Usage_, 1996, online at
http://www.bartleby.com/64/2.html --


An auxiliary verb will govern all the verbs in the series unless you
construct each verb phrase separately: _We will always value her
contributions, admire her fortitude, and wish her the best_.
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