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Marco Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

"belong" in questions..

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001. Which of the books belongs to you? 02br
002. Which of the books does belong to you? 02br
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" "Brutus". " "Japanese". " "This one and that one".

— Paco2004

  • " "Brutus".
  • " "Japanese".
  • " "This one and that one".
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0 The word order of subject-wh questions is "wh-phrase + verb" with no "do/does" 02br
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00"Who murdered Caesar?" "Brutus". 02br
00"What nation is the worst at English learning?" "Japanese". 02br
00"Which books belong to you?" "This one and that one". 02br
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0 I'd agree that #1 is more likely. #2 would be reserved for situations like this: 02br
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00(A knows that at least one of the books belongs to B) 02br
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00A: Does this book belong to you? 02br
00B: No. 02br
00A: What about this one? 02br
00B: No, I'm afraid not. 02br
00A: Which of the books 01i
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0 Hi, if 'who murdered ceaser' is the correct phrase for this expression are you saying this one is wrong 'who did kill ceaser?' 02br
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0The same comments of Mr Pedantic re emphatic 'do' apply here as well, Guest-- 02br
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00B: Did Antony kill Caesar? 02br
00C: No. 02br
00B: Did Cleopatra kill Caesar? 02br
00C: Not really. 02br
00B: Did G.B. Shaw kill Caesar? 02br
00C: No. 02br
00B: Well, who in *** *** 01b0
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