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Rajesh jain Posted 14 years ago
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How many times do you need to get hurt for you to know it is time to let go?
Should I remove "do" from this sentence to make it correct?
  

Top answer

No, "do" is fine. "for you" is redundant though.

— Ivanhr

  • No, "do" is fine.
  • "for you" is redundant though.
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No, "do" is fine. "for you" is redundant though.
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Just take 'for you' away, otherwise it's fine.
LS
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But there are some questions in which do is not used . How am i supposed to differentiate when to use do and when not to. Like this example-how many times (do) I have to tell you that i hate you?here do is incorrect.
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rajesh jain But there are some questions in which do is not used . How am i supposed to differentiate when to use do and when not to. Like this example-how many times (do) I have to tell you that i hate you?here do is incorrect.
Yes, these are termed "indirect questions".

for example
What color do you like? (direct question)

Can you tell
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rajesh jain But there are some questions in which do is not used . How am i supposed to differentiate when to use do and when not to. Like this example-how many times (do) I have to tell you that i hate you?here do is incorrect.
Yes, "do" is also omitted in rhetorical questions because you do not want (or expect) an answer.
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