ABSTRACT
This chapter investigates the prominence of Verb Raising (VR) in the grammar of English more generally. It looks at the presence or absence of VR in other English clause types beyond finite clauses where its presence is most evident. The chapter demonstrates that the difference has an explanation in terms of VR, whether or not the auxiliaries under consideration undergo head movement from V° to I°. It discusses the history behind the VR analysis. The chapter aims to develop three diagnostics for the presence or absence of VR that rely on adverb position, sentential negation, and verb phrase ellipsis. The VR analysis is a consequence of the assumption that all instances of a verb form, perfective have and be in the case, of English, are base-generated as heads of verb phrase. The chapter also investigates the syntax of subjunctive complements, an area that has been largely ignored.
