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Ruben Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Does or Do before determiner ?

" Does your legs hurt ? " or " Do your legs hurt ? ".And another thing is " Does our books are stolen ? " or " Do our books are stolen ? ".I checked in the internet, many wrote Does your,Does our.Why? Someone please help me.Thanks in advanceEmotion: smile
  

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These are correct Do your legs hurt? ("does" agrees with your leg, which is in the singular) and Are your books stolen? Do/does your books stolen?

— Ivanhr

  • These are correct Do your legs hurt?
  • ("does" agrees with your leg, which is in the singular) and Are your books stolen?
  • Do/does your books stolen?
  • (this is wrong)
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These are correct

Do your legs hurt? ("do" agrees with your legs, which is in the plural)

Does your leg hurt?("does" agrees with your leg, which is in the singular)

and

Are your books stolen?

Do/does your books stolen? (this is wrong)
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Are your books stolen?

Do/does your books stolen? (this is wrong)

But i used our.So how ? Is it " Are our books are stolen ? "
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RubenAre your books stolen?Do/does your books stolen? (this is wrong)But i used our.So how ? Is it " Are our books are stolen ? "

My book is stolen. (Is my book stolen?)

Our books are stolen. (Are our books stolen?)
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why i cannot say " Are your legs hurt "or " Is your leh hurt " ?.Why you use Do and why another sentence you use Are ?
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Rubenwhy i cannot say " Are your legs hurt "or " Is your leh hurt " ?.Why you use Do and why another sentence you use Are ?

"Hurt" can be a verb in which case "do/does is used but it can also be an adjective in which case "is/are" is used.

With "stolen" only is/are works.

Of course, you can say something like

Someone has stolen
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i cannot understand.Can i say " Are your legs hurt " ? I dont know when to use are and do.Help me
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Can i say " Do your books lost ".I am using the verb lost.You only said that Do/Does used with verb.Another example is " Do our books stole by someone " ?
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Can i say " Do your books lost ". I am using the verb lost.

No.
The verb is lose. The past of lose is lost.

Here are some sentences:
Present tense:
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So i have to change like this right? Do our books steal by someone ? I used Do not Does because of plural books.So is this correct ?
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RubenSo i have to change like this right? Do our books steal by someone ? I used Do not Does because of plural books.So is this correct ?

No.

"By someone" requires a passive.

Someone steals our books. (steals = active voice)

but

Our books are stolen by someone. (are stolen = passive voice)

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