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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Don't vs. Doesn't

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I have a simple question of use of don't or doesn't in a sentence. Which do you use here:

There don't/doesn't appear to be any other passengers.

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don't The reference is to "passengers", so you need the plural form of the verb. There aren't any other passengers. There don't appear to be any other passengers.

  • don't The reference is to "passengers", so you need the plural form of the verb.
  • There aren't any other passengers.
  • There don't appear to be any other passengers.
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don't

The reference is to "passengers", so you need the plural form of the verb.

There aren't any other passengers.
There don't appear to be any other passengers.

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