Sep 6, 2019 · If you want to use Indirect Speech to tell someone else what I said, you still have to shift the tense, but because my statement is already in past tense, you go to the past perfect: …

He does not eat meat. He do not eat meat. Now we can see very clearly that the latter is grammatically incorrect. Whether you should use doesn't or don't depends on whether the …

Aug 5, 2011 · How does he does that? How does he do that? Which one is correct? This type of sentence sounds a little odd because of two do/does in a single statement. Is there an …

Feb 28, 2016 · They do not start out speaking perfectly, and often make mistakes like why you did that because that is the extent to which their grammar models the adult grammar.

Mar 21, 2016 · Dummy "do" is an auxiliary verb and hence requires an infinitival complement (i.e. "use" not "used"), so it should be Did he use to go every day?. The alternative is to treat "use" …

Aug 25, 2020 · Page 496 of Collins Cobuild English Usage reads Many people use used to instead of use to in questions. However, some people consider that this use is incorrect, Did …

Jan 9, 2016 · If I want ask my classmate at what exact time did he come to class, which question is correct? I don't want to use "When". "At what time did you come here?" or "What time did …

This is Conversational Deletion. It deletes anything (not just does or did, but anything) at the beginning of a spoken sentence that's required by the grammar but can be inferred from the …

Sep 7, 2010 · Thanks to his remarkable performance on the SAT, not only was he accepted into Harvard, he was given a full scholarship. Thanks to his remarkable performance on the SAT, …

Why did somebody not do something? Putting the not outside of the normal order causes more emphasis to be placed upon it, a rhetorical figure known as anastrophe.