Grammar help please?
Hi there,
Could you explain to me why no 3 is correct whereas no 4 is incorrect grammatically? after a "verb" it is supposed to be an "ing" form, for some reason it doesn't seem to apply in no 3 though.
1) Do you like to do it?
2) Do you like doing it?
3) Which one do you think does the good job? (Correct) (Weird, as "think" is a verb to me)
4) Which one do you think doing the good job. (Incorrect)
Thanks in advance.
Top answer
Here's the difficulty: "do you think" is a parenthetical expression (something added or thrown in). It is not part of the main thought of the sentence. " To look at the underlying structure, just cross it out: 3.
- Here's the difficulty: "do you think" is a parenthetical expression (something added or thrown in).
- It is not part of the main thought of the sentence.
- " To look at the underlying structure, just cross it out: 3.
- Which one do you think does the good job?
- ") So now the sentence reads: Which one does a good job?
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Here's the difficulty: "do you think" is a parenthetical expression (something added or thrown in). It is not part of the main thought of the sentence. There are a lot of these added expressions in regular talk, like "I believe," "possibly," "so they say." To look at the underlying structure, just cross it out:
3. Which one do you think does the good job? (I would say "do
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