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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Are you and Do you?

0Hi,02br
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00Can you specify the rules regarding the usage (usages?) of "are" and "do" in question formats.02br
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01i00Are you living in a house or a condo?02i02br
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01i00Do you live in a house or a condo?02i02br
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00I would appreciate if you give me the general rules too. 0-
  

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1b01i00Be02i02b00 forms attend all passive voice and continuous aspect verbs, as well as the main verb 01b00be02b00:02br
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01i00Are you living in a house?02br
00Are you followed by stray dogs?02br
00Are you happy?02i02br
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0Thank you.02br
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00Are these sentences different semantically? Or are they the same meaning sentences that are merely being stated in different forms with no semantic difference? 02br
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01i00Are you living in a house or condo?02i02br
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01i00Do you live in a house or condo? 02i0-
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0The first can suggest a supposition of more temporariness, more currency, or more interest in the topic, on the part of the speaker.0-
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0Thank you.02br
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00What is the difference between "supposition" and "assumption"? 0-
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0None, in this meaning: 01i00a hypothesis that is taken for granted02i00.0-
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