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Nina_Nia Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

The auxiliary do

Hello,

Why is the auxiliary do sometimes omitted in questions?
eg.,

'What day really starts a new week?'

Thanks
  

Top answer

Here "what day" is a subject, so no auxiliary is necessary =)

— Antonina Romaker

  • Here "what day" is a subject, so no auxiliary is necessary =)
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Here "what day" is a subject, so no auxiliary is necessary =)
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Hmm, it's not quite clear to me Emotion: thinking.
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It can be considered as a seperate type of a question.

There are special questions, when you use question words like "when", "what", "where", "how"....
Usually the question has the following word order:
Question word + auxiliary + subject + predicate + ...
ex. When do you plan to visit me?
ex. What do you prefer - tea or coffee?
But when the questi
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I see. Thank you, Antonina. Emotion: smile
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The subject of the verb is 'what' here, isn't it? What days suit you best?
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