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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

English Grammar - wh questions

what brought such an old city to embrace this radical style?
or
what did bring such an old city to embrace this radical style?
  

Top answer

Use #1 unless you have an uncommon context that calls for re-iterative emphasis. But note that both versions are incorrect because an English sentence must start with a capital. Clive

— Clive

  • Use #1 unless you have an uncommon context that calls for re-iterative emphasis.
  • But note that both versions are incorrect because an English sentence must start with a capital.
  • Clive
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Use #1 unless you have an uncommon context that calls for re-iterative emphasis.

But note that both versions are incorrect because an English sentence must start with a capital.

Clive
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Hi Clive, thank you very much indeed for you quick reply, unlikely I am afraid not to understand properly.
Is the mistake only in the use of the lowercase?
Otherwise, how would you write that question to sound really correct?
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AnonymousHi, Clive! Thank you very much indeed for your quick reply. However, I am afraid I cannot understand it pro
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Is the mistake only in the use of the lowercase? Yes
Otherwise, how would you write that question to sound really correct? We usually say #1, except in special contexts.

Clive
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Thank you very much once again Clive. I am looking forward to meeting you the next time that a will come back to this forum.
Have a nice evening
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Hi, MrGuides!
I really would like to thank you for the very useful corrections and for the clever way that you have found to point them out in red characters.
As you can see, I still have to find more and more opportunities to practice my English. This forum, with people like you, is really interesting. I'd like to meet you again and take advantage of your clear competence. See you
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AnonymousEnglish Grammar - wh questions
What brought such an old city to embrace this radical style?
The reason that there is no subject-verb inversion and no form of 'do' is that the question word "what" is the subject of the sentence. Questions with a wh-word as subject ('who' or 'what') don't use 'do' or inversion.

Who stole the cake? (
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CalifJimThe reason that there is no subject-verb inversion and no form of 'do' is that the question word "what" is the subject of the sentence. Questions with a wh-word as subject ('who' or 'what') don't use 'do' or inversion.
Dear CalifJim, really I don't know how to thank you. You helped me to remember a grammatical rule which does not exist in Italian. I ho
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AnonymousHi, MrGuedes!
I really would like to thank you for the very useful corrections and for the clever way that you have found to point them out in red characters.
As you can see, I still have to find more and more opportunities to practice my English. This forum, with people like you, is really interesting. I'd like
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Anonymousa grammatical rule which does not exist in Italian.
Ah. Not surprising. English has a lot of words that are similar to Italian and French words, but the grammar of the verb system is more closely related to that of old Germanic languages.
AnonymousI am trying to write without checking in Google translator (or similar), in ord
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