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Nooon Posted 15 years ago
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Did invent or invented
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I want ask about this is question from nonstopenglish websit
20. Who (invent) ____ the washing machine?
did invent
Correct:
invented
why ?
didn't invent wrong
I want ask about this is question from nonstopenglish websit
20. Who (invent) ____ the washing machine?
did invent
Correct:
invented
why ?
didn't invent wrong
Top answer
Who invented the washing machine? -- This is the normal, accepted, unmarked question. Who did invent the washing machine?
- Who invented the washing machine?
- -- This is the normal, accepted, unmarked question.
- Who did invent the washing machine?
- -- This is acceptable only as an emphatic form after a contextual denial: If Hamilton Smith didn't invent it, who did invent the washing machine?
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Who invented the washing machine?-- This is the normal, accepted, unmarked question.
Who did invent the washing machine? -- This is acceptable only as an emphatic form after a contextual denial: If Hamilton Smith didn't invent it, who did invent the washing machine?
Who did invent the washing machine? -- This is acceptable only as an emphatic form after a contextual denial: If Hamilton Smith didn't invent it, who did invent the washing machine?
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