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Vvz Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Omitting "do" in Why questions

Hi, in such questions as "Why all the people want to get rich?", is omitting "do" after "why" plain incorrect or just colloquial?
  

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It's wrong. If a verb comes immediately after why, the plain infinitive is used: Why go there today? CB

— Cool Breeze

  • It's wrong.
  • If a verb comes immediately after why, the plain infinitive is used: Why go there today?
  • CB
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It's wrong. If a verb comes immediately after why, the plain infinitive is used: Why go there today?

CB
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I'm afraid I didn't understand you, or vice versa. I meant questions like "Why do ...", not "Why go ...".
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vvzI'm afraid I didn't understand you,
If you don't understand "it's wrong", there isn't much I can do.

CB
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vvzHi, in such questions as "Why all the people want to get rich?", is omitting "do" after "why" plain incorrect or just colloquial?
Omitting "do" is just incorrect.
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vvzHi, in such questions as "Why all the people want to get rich?", is omitting "do" after "why" plain incorrect or just colloquial?
It's incorrect. Questions can be thought of as coming from statements.

Everybody wants to get rich.

But if there is no auxiliary verb or a form of be, you add do, does, or did, as needed.
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