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D_say Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Have !

We use "has" if subject is singular and "have" with plural. Then why do we use ....

Where do you have lunch? (Sounds okay)

Where does he have lunch? (Why don't we use has instead)
  

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d_say Where does he have lunch? (Why don't we use has instead) There can be only one s marker in a verb phrase, and it has to be on the first verb. Where doe s he have lunch?

  • d_say Where does he have lunch?
  • (Why don't we use has instead) There can be only one s marker in a verb phrase, and it has to be on the first verb.
  • Where doe s he have lunch?
  • The verb do , if present, carries the marker of the singular, so the verb have cannot also carry it.
  • He ha s lunch.
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d_sayWhere does he have lunch? (Why don't we use has instead)
There can be only one s marker in a verb phrase, and it has to be on the first verb.

Where does he have lunch?

The verb do, if present, carri
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