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AliaAhmad Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Can does be followed by ing verb?

such as " does staring at this will hurt my eyes?"
does teaching will make me more patient?

if yes or no, why?
  

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D oes staring at this will hurt my eyes? You can use only one helping verb in a verb phrase. Do + Will does not work.

  • D oes staring at this will hurt my eyes?
  • You can use only one helping verb in a verb phrase.
  • Do + Will does not work.
  • D oes teaching will make me more patient?
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Does staring at this will hurt my eyes? You can use only one helping verb in a verb phrase. Do + Will does not work.

Does teaching will make me more patient?
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Or:

Will staring at this hurt my eyes?
Will teaching make me more patient?
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You use "does" to describe what action something is performing.
The action is active.

You can definitely follow "does" with a verb.

"Does falling down the stairs count as an accident?"
"Does staring at the sun hurt your eyes?"
However, I can't think of an occasion where "will" would fit.

So both yo
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Will staring at this hurt my eyes?
You should use one or the other, not both. The implications are different, also.

Will staring at this hurt my eyes?
"If I do this, will it have these consequences?"

Does staring at this hurt my eyes
"I do this. Is it the cause of my eye pain?"
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AliaAhmad Can does be followed by ing verb?
That can happen by coincidence if you form a question in which the subject of the sentence is a gerund. The "does" does not go with the -ing verb; it goes with another plain-form verb later in the sentence.

Staring at this hurts my eyes. "Staring at this" is a gerund phrase. It's the subject
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Oh, so that's what the title said ... Emotion: embarrassed
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The pattern can also appear in an affirmative sentence:

She does mending and alterations.

He does stretching exercises every morning.

She does cooking and cleaning at reasonable rates.

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