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Mountain Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Grammar question: Does This Mean He Has to Excommunicate Himself?

0 I was told in this forum that we're not supposed to use "have" if "does" is in the setence so I would appreciate if someone can confirm this below sentence is correct.02br
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00Does this mean he has to excommunicate himself? OR Does this mean he have....?02br
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' is correct construction but logically impossible. 02br 02br 00Stannum0-

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  • ' is correct construction but logically impossible.
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0G'day mountain,02br
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00Whomever told you that base canard does not have the authority to speak for English.02br
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00Have can and does coexist quite happily in the same sentence.02br
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00An explorer does have a requirement to be careful.02br
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00A SCUBA diver does have a requirement for correctly mixed o
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0does this 01del00means02del02br
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00does this mean02br
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00'does' is not an auxiliary operating on 'has'0-
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0 Hi mountain02br
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00Any of the following are grammatically correct:02br
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00- 01i00He has to excommunicate himself.02i02br
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01i00- Does he have to excommunicate himself?02br
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00- This means (that) 02i00he has to excommunicate himself.02br
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