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Zuoping Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Does not go or does no goes
Robert does not go to my school
Robert does not goes to my school .
I know the first one is correct but why ? Robert is singular so shouldn't all verb include s or es ?
Robert does not goes to my school .
I know the first one is correct but why ? Robert is singular so shouldn't all verb include s or es ?
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Hi, Zuoping. Welcome to the Forum. The first is correct.
- Hi, Zuoping.
- Welcome to the Forum.
- The first is correct.
- The -s/es form is used for the verb do/does here.
- The second verb, go , does not change its ending.
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Hi, Zuoping. Welcome to the Forum.
The first is correct. The -s/es form is used for the verb do/does here. The second verb, go, does not change its ending. This is the case with all verbs when they follow does/does not.
He goes. He does go. He does not go.
The first is correct. The -s/es form is used for the verb do/does here. The second verb, go, does not change its ending. This is the case with all verbs when they follow does/does not.
He goes. He does go. He does not go.
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ZuopingI know the first one is correct but why ? Robert is singular so shouldn't all verb include s or es ?When an auxiliary verb (like "do") is used, the main verb does not change.
The modal auxiliaries (can, could, might, may, will, should, ...) are not inflected.
Roberts goes.
Robert does go.
Robert can go.
Robert may go.
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ZuopingRobert is singular so shouldn't all verb include s or es ?No. Only one verb in a sequence is allowed to have s or es, and it has to be the first in the sequence unless that's a modal verb, in which case none of the verbs in the sequence have s or es.
CJ
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