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herisson
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''Are they still here?'' Why is the word ''are'' is considered a lexical verb in this sentence?

I know lexical verbs are main verbs and auxiliary verbs are helpers  (be, do, havebe, do, have) to main verbs but I can not find a logical way to think ''are''of "are" as a lexical verb. Can you please describe to me the logic behind it?

''Are they still here?'' Why the word ''are'' is considered lexical verb in this sentence?

I know lexical verbs are main verbs and auxiliary verbs are helpers(be, do, have) to main verbs but I can not find a logical way to think ''are'' as a lexical verb. Can you please describe me the logic behind it?

''Are they still here?'' Why is the word ''are'' considered a lexical verb in this sentence?

I know lexical verbs are main verbs and auxiliary verbs are helpers  (be, do, have) to main verbs but I can not find a logical way to think of "are" as a lexical verb. Can you please describe to me the logic behind it?

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''Are they still here?'' Why the word ''are'' is considered lexical verb in this sentence?

I know lexical verbs are main verbs and auxiliary verbs are helpers(be, do, have) to main verbs but I can not find a logical way to think ''are'' as a lexical verb. Can you please describe me the logic behind it?