... the inflection of a verb is necessary: Within affix movement 'helps' is still part of the VP, or verb phrase and in fact the I, here does, is lowered in to the V, help. This becomes significant when discussing v-raising. V-raising V-raising, otherwise known as the verb movement, is a transformational rule. The term v-raising is as a result of the merging of verb movement and have-be raising. As the term implies, the v, is raised out of the verb phrase and is then placed in I. However, v can only be raised if it is a finite and non-modal verb. In addition, I must be both empty and finite. For instance, in the case of the following phrase, the empty I is filled by helps, if however, I was occupied by does, then v movement could not take place. V movement is supported by negation facts, adverb distribution and vocalic contraction. ...

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