auxiliaries

[Antonella Conte]

HI there listeros,

I have another question except this time it concerns auxiliaries...  When
you have a sentence like the following:
"I do not eat" it is composed of
"(subject pro)noun + auxiliary verb 'do' + negative marker + main verb".

However, when you have something like:
"I don't"... what does the 'do' represent?  Is it still an auxiliary verb?

Thanks for you input,
Antonella Conte
Laval University
Quebec Canada