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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Are and Do (so confusing )

Hello,
I always confuse when rather I should use Are or Do , for example :

Do you coming ?
Are you coming

I'll go with Are you coming cuz it sounds better but there are a lot of cases which I don't know what sounds better and I can't follow any rules so I don't know which one is fine.

For example today my client wanted to pay him with Euro .
So I asked him Do you only work with Euro
but I didn't know if I should say instead , Are you only work with Euro.

OK I guess you got my point Emotion: thinking
Thank you for your help
  

Top answer

" is the question form of "You come". " is the question form of "You work". " is the question form of "You are coming".

— GPY

  • " is the question form of "You come".
  • " is the question form of "You work".
  • " is the question form of "You are coming".
  • " is the question form of "You are working".
  • " and all other similar are always wrong.
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Using "come" and "work" as examples:

"Do you come?" is the question form of "You come".
"Do you work?" is the question form of "You work".

"Are you coming?" is the question form of "You are coming".
"Are you working?" is the question form of "You are working".

"Do you coming?", "Do you working?" and all other similar are always wrong.
"Are you come?", "Are yo
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One thing to remember is that all lexical verbs (except two*) form their interrogatives with an auxiliary verb. If no auxiliary is present in the verb phrase (i.e., if the finite verb is a lexical verb), then DO (and only DO) is brought in as an auxiliary.

I am working. -
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