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KhoshtipMan Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

A questioning sentence's word order

Is the following sentence correct?

What makes it interesting to someone for future use?
I think it should be:
What does make it interesting to someone for future use?

Agree?
  

Top answer

What makes it interesting to someone for future use? Yes. KhoshtipMan I think it should be:What does make it interesting to someone for future use?

— Mister Micawber

  • What makes it interesting to someone for future use?
  • Yes.
  • KhoshtipMan I think it should be:What does make it interesting to someone for future use?
  • Only if you are challenging the supposition and are in heated argument.
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KhoshtipManIs the following sentence correct?What makes it interesting to someone for future use?
Yes.
KhoshtipManI think it should be:What does make it interesting to someone for future use?
Only if you are challenging the supposition and are in heated argument.
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Mister MicawberYes.
I thought we should put auxiliary verbs (here the does) right after the questioning words (here the what) to make a correct formed question in English.
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KhoshtipManI thought we should put auxiliary verbs (here the does) right after the questioning words (here the what) to make a correct formed question in English.
No, not when 'what', 'who', etc. is the subject, not the object:

What has two legs? vs What does he have?
Who likes Mary? vs What does Mary like?
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