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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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How long does it takes you to run a mile? DO YOU PUT A "S" on TAKE

Hi there, Do we put a "s" at the end of the word "take?" and why please?

Thank You very Much

How long does it takes you to run a mile?
  

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" and why please? Thank You very Much How long does it take s you to run a mile? No, we don't.

— Mr Patrick

  • " and why please?
  • Thank You very Much How long does it take s you to run a mile?
  • No, we don't.
  • ) requires an -s.
  • But in your example, do already has been transformed to does , and therefore we use take in its base form.
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AnonymousHi there, Do we put a "s" at the end of the word "take?" and why please?

Thank You very Much

How long does it takes you to run a mile?

No, we don't.

Normally, a regular verbs in third person singular (It takes 4 minutes.) requires an -s. But in you
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You can have only one s-marker per verb phrase (at most), and it has to be on the first verb in the group.

does it takes is wrong because it has two s-markers.

See .

CJ
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