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Mr02077 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Is inversion needed in the second question or not

Which of the two is correct:

Does this meeting stay or is it not needed?

or

Does this meeting stay or it is not needed?

?

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mr02077 Does this meeting stay or is it not needed? Technically correct, although I'm not sure a meeting 'stays'; it doesn't quite sound natural. ' mr02077 Does this meeting stay or it is not needed?

— David Hatton

  • mr02077 Does this meeting stay or is it not needed?
  • Technically correct, although I'm not sure a meeting 'stays'; it doesn't quite sound natural.
  • ' mr02077 Does this meeting stay or it is not needed?
  • Technically incorrect.
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mr02077Does this meeting stay or is it not needed?

Technically correct, although I'm not sure a meeting 'stays'; it doesn't quite sound natural. Perhaps rework it to become: 'Should this meeting go ahead or is it not needed?'

mr02077Does this meeting stay or it is not needed?

Technically incorrect.

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