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Rishika Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Does

I am confused with the use of 'does'. I know that it is use in singular and for pronoun only. From the two sentence which I've written below, can you tell me which one is corret and why? If you can post the detail onthe use of does then it would be great.

Do your eyes hurt?
Does your eyes hurt?
  

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Hi, rishila, welcome to English Forums. Thanks for joining us! [<:o)] The use of "do" is a little hard to get used to.

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  • " It's used a lot in questions and negative statements.
  • When you add the helping verb "do" to a simple sentence, it takes over the job of handling tense and number.
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Hi, rishila, welcome to English Forums. Thanks for joining us! [<:o)]

The use of "do" is a little hard to get used to.

I'm not sure what you mean by "for pronoun only."

It's used a lot in questions and negative statements.

When you add the helping verb "do" to a simple sentence, it takes over the job of handling tense and number. The main ve
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Thanks Avangi for the reply, but again I am confused.

Why did you use 'do' for the eyes? and 'does' for the finger?

Is it because of the singular and plural?
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rishika Is it because of the singular and plural?
Yes, exactly.
I know we usually associate the letter "s" with plural, but it doesn't work that way with verbs.

I do
you do
he does
we do
you do
they do

But in the past tense, we use only "did."
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Thank You so much!
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