Please explain the error in this sentence :'( (2-part question)

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please explain the error in these two seperate sentences...it's driving me crazy
please. please. please.please.please.......
Thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you.......

1.What did you say your name was?

2. He doesn't work as hard as she does.

Pedant · Accepted Answer

No wonder they're driving you crazy.  Both sentences are perfectly correct.  They are, however, informal.  More formal versions are "Please tell me your name again." and "He does not work as hard as she does."

Tigerr · Answer

can you be more specific in grammar terms?

Suzi · Answer

I'm afraid there is no grammatical explanation to cover the difference between formal and informal English.  It mostly  to do with quite subtle matters of style and idiomatic use.  You need to read and listen widely to pick up the differneces.  I think you have to be a very experienced student to use idioms successfully.  Most material that you meet in your grammar books is likely to be suitable for formal situations.

OrujoV · Answer

Just tell me what exactly you don`t understand in this sentence...

Odyssey · Answer

what are the tenses of both sentences? and if you can, can you explain the tense?
thank you

Gerund · Answer

I think I've seen a similar examples

2. He doesn't work as hard as she does. The second verb should not really be "does." It could be "he doesn't work as hard as she works", or you could leave off the verb and let it be understood. "He doesn't work as hard as she." While "he doesn't work as hard as she does work"seems to make sense, "work" is a verb in the first phrase and an noun in the second. "He doesn't do work as hard as she does work" is more correct, because now the actions are equivilent and "work" is a noun in both cases. "He doesn't do as hard as she does" makes grammatical sense but is not very meaningful. I think the "does" in "doesn't" functions as an auxiliary and not a 'full' verb. That's a grammatical breakdown. I certainly wouldn't correct anyone for speaking that way, because the meaning is clear.

Clive · Answer

Hi,

He doesn't work as hard as she does.

There are no nouns here. Both verbs are just in present tense, to describe the habits/customs of the two people.

He works / he does not work / he does work are all correct verb forms of the present tense.

Best wishes, Clive

Anonymous · Answer

what did you say your name was

in the past tens Q we put the verb in the infinitive so the right form is

what did you say your name is?

Anonymous · Answer

Error 1 Should be: "What did you say was your name"

Anonymous · Answer

Actually... I wonder whether the problem isn't with the use of the auxiliary verb in the second clause. We don't need it. If were to break the sentence into two separate sentences, we would say 'He doesn't work (very) hard' and 'She works hard.' In the case of the first sentence, we need the auxiliary verb do/does, but in the second sentence, not only do we not need it, but it is grammatically incorrect.

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