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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Hello - I need some help in simple gramar

Hi,

for commercial purpose I need to gramar correctly this sentence:

"So, how much do you overpay your car insurance?"

It's a question with 'call to action' reflex so people responso on it? You know like: "How much weight could you lost last month?". Do you have any better advice?

Thank you for advices how to compare my sentence the brst way.

Cheers
  

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Anonymous So, how much do you overpay your car insurance? This one sounds typical to me. " Anonymous How much weight could you lost last month?

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AnonymousSo, how much do you overpay your car insurance?
This one sounds typical to me. (habitual behavior)
OR "How much are you overpaying your car insurance?"
AnonymousHow much weight could you lost last month?
How much weight could you have lost last month?
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Thank you for the answer.

But I have one more question: is "How much do you overpaying your car insurance?" logical?

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AnonymousThank you for the answer.

But I have one more question: is "How much do you overpaying your car insurance?" logical?


TY
How much are you overpaying for your car insurance? - natural, present suggesting a temporary state.

How much do you overpay for your car insurance? - present but suggests habit.

How much did
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Ads like that irritate me.

You might as well say "I know you're stupid. Because I know that you're paying too much for your car insurance. And that's stupid. And if you can actually answer my question about how much you're overpaying, that tells me that you're overpaying AND that you KNOW you are overpaying, and yet you continue to do it. So you must be REALLY stupid. Fortunately, I have
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AnonymousBut I have one more question: is "How much do you overpaying your car insurance?" logical?
Sorry, it's not grammatical.
The present continuous tense uses "are/is," not "do/does."

How much are you overpaying your car insurance? (present continuous)

How much do you overpay your car insurance?
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Dave PhillipsHow much did you overpay for car insurance?
Hi, Dave.
Do you consider skipping the "for" an Americanism?
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Dave PhillipsHow much did you overpay for car insurance?
Hi, Dave.
Do you consider skipping the "for" an Americanism?
(I think it's a fairly recent thing.)

We always skip it for people.
I overpay my chauffeur.
I always overtip the waiter.

We always use the "for" when it's clearly an uncountable:
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Thanks, Dave.

I guess ads like this would not be aired in England. Emotion: shake

- B.
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Yeah we have lots of ads but they all say, "Are you paying too much for car insurance?"
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