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Mirmohamad Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Does

I have a question about "Does" that it's on the last of sentence below.
why "Does"?
Wouldn't it be "See" instead of "Does"?
"She doesn't see her grandchildren very often so she makes a real fuss of them when she does."
  

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"does" stands for "sees them" (or "does see them"). It is grammatically correct to say "... when she sees them", but stylistically it is a slightly weak and repetitive way to end the sentence.

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  • "does" stands for "sees them" (or "does see them").
  • It is grammatically correct to say "...
  • when she sees them", but stylistically it is a slightly weak and repetitive way to end the sentence.
  • Use of "does" makes the ending stronger and more contrastive.
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"does" stands for "sees them" (or "does see them"). It is grammatically correct to say "... when she sees them", but stylistically it is a slightly weak and repetitive way to end the sentence. Use of "does" makes the ending stronger and more contrastive.
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Thank you so much.
I feel like correct my mistakes during writing my question grammatically,was that correct all words that I've used to write my question?
In other words i want you to correct my mistakes in all aspects(Collocation words, grammar and etc... .) please... .
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Normally I do not correct the English that people use to ask their questions; I just try to answer the questions themselves. This is because the majority of questions (everyone's I mean -- not particularly yours) contain numerous errors, and I find it too laborious to correct them all. However, in this case:

I have a question about "does" at the end of the sentence below.
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Thank you so much for your patient and you are right, it's too laborious, so i apologize for my ambitious to correct all my mistakes!.Anyway, i appreciate to correct my mistakes.Thanks again and again.
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