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Kook j Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Interrogative sentence without an auxiliary verb

Hi.

I sometimes encounter the interrogative sentences in which auxiliary verbs, especially did I suppose, are omitted and verbs in past tense are placed immediately after an interrogative.

eg.
Who told you?
What happened to him?



Question:
Could you let me know if there is any grammatical rule for this usage?





  

Top answer

Hi, Broadly speaking, when the interrogative pronoun (except for whom ) is the subject of the question, no auxiliary verb is used. In fact, you are questioning the subject. Who bought this for you?

— Regards

  • Hi, Broadly speaking, when the interrogative pronoun (except for whom ) is the subject of the question, no auxiliary verb is used.
  • In fact, you are questioning the subject.
  • Who bought this for you?
  • He bought this for me.
  • It is he .
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Hi,
Broadly speaking, when the interrogative pronoun (except for whom) is the subject of the question,

no auxiliary verb is used. In fact, you are questioning the subject.

Who bought this for you? He bought this for me. It is he. [subject]

What happened? A shooting incident happened. [subject]

Compare:

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Thank you very much Regards for your good explanation. It's very clear to me now.
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kook j sometimes encounter the interrogative sentences in which auxiliary verbs, especially did I suppose, are omitted and verbs in past tense are placed immediately after an interrogative. eg.Who told you?What happened to him? Question:Could you let me know if there is any grammatical rule for this usage?
When the interrogative words who, what,
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Thank you very much BillJ for your help.
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