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Jack112 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Does / Do
Are these correct?
1. Do one of you guys have my keys? (How come this one is correc? 'One' is the subject?)
2. Does one of you guys have my keys? (What does this mean?)
What about #3 and #4? What do they mean?
3. One of you guys do have my keys.
4. One of you guys does have my keys.
Thanks.
1. Do one of you guys have my keys? (How come this one is correc? 'One' is the subject?)
2. Does one of you guys have my keys? (What does this mean?)
What about #3 and #4? What do they mean?
3. One of you guys do have my keys.
4. One of you guys does have my keys.
Thanks.
Top answer
The suject is "one", so the verb must be in the singular: "does one of you/does any of you" etc...
- The suject is "one", so the verb must be in the singular: "does one of you/does any of you" etc...
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The suject is "one", so the verb must be in the singular: "does one of you/does any of you" etc...
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Wistiti2The suject is "one", so the verb must be in the singular: "does one of you/does any of you" etc...In my book, 'one' is singular (so is 'none'), no matter what follows.
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1. Do one of you guys have my keys? (How come this one is correc? 'One' is the subject?)
– incorrect, for the reason given by Wistiti.
2. Does one of you guys have my keys? (What does this mean?)
– correct, for the reason given by Wistiti.
3. One of you guys do have my keys.
– incorrect, as in #1, unless you mean it as a rather affe
– incorrect, for the reason given by Wistiti.
2. Does one of you guys have my keys? (What does this mean?)
– correct, for the reason given by Wistiti.
3. One of you guys do have my keys.
– incorrect, as in #1, unless you mean it as a rather affe
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