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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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The proper way to make this statement.. it is not a question but a statement simply implying that a particular thing is needed.
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Can you please tell me the proper way to make this statement. Boy, do I need a glass of water!
My friend explained that this statement is incorrect because any sentence beginning with the word DO will and should end with a question mark. He explained I need to switch out the DO with the I and state it this way... Boy I do need a glass of water!
But I feel that is incorrect. He learned english from an english british person and I was educated in the USA.
Which is correct?
Also, we spoke about earthquakes and he insisted that another way to say earthquake is groundshake.
I looked this word (groundshake) up in the dictionary and it is not there.
Can you please tell me the proper way to make this statement. Boy, do I need a glass of water!
My friend explained that this statement is incorrect because any sentence beginning with the word DO will and should end with a question mark. He explained I need to switch out the DO with the I and state it this way... Boy I do need a glass of water!
But I feel that is incorrect. He learned english from an english british person and I was educated in the USA.
Which is correct?
Also, we spoke about earthquakes and he insisted that another way to say earthquake is groundshake.
I looked this word (groundshake) up in the dictionary and it is not there.
Top answer
Anonymous Boy, do I need a glass of water! Since " Boy " has the same grammatical function as " wow " or " My *** " which are typically followed by exclaimation mark, I think you won the argument there. Perhaps, you can even add one more exclaimation mark at the end of the sentence, depending how it was writtien.
- Anonymous Boy, do I need a glass of water!
- Since " Boy " has the same grammatical function as " wow " or " My *** " which are typically followed by exclaimation mark, I think you won the argument there.
- Perhaps, you can even add one more exclaimation mark at the end of the sentence, depending how it was writtien.
- Anonymous Also, we spoke about earthquakes and he insisted that another way to say earthquake is groundshake.
- I looked this word (groundshake) up in the dictionary and it is not there.
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AnonymousBoy, do I need a glass of water!Since " Boy " has the same grammatical function as " wow " or " My *** " which are typically followed by exclaimation mark, I think you won the argument there. Perhaps, you can even add one more exclaimation mark at the end of the sentence, depending how it was writtien.
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I never heard "groundshake." It must be British.
Boy, do I need a glass of water!
This is quite natural in casual conversation.
I'd call it an exclamation rather than a statement. Note the exclamation point at the end.
If you wish to calm down and make it a normal declarative sentence, ending in
Boy, do I need a glass of water!
This is quite natural in casual conversation.
I'd call it an exclamation rather than a statement. Note the exclamation point at the end.
If you wish to calm down and make it a normal declarative sentence, ending in
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I standed self-corrected for the following spelling errors in the last post.
"Exclaimation" and "groundshake".
"Exclaimation" and "groundshake".
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dimsumexpress"Exclaimation" and "groundshake"But I heard him exclaim ere he drove out of sight,
Who could blame us for messing up on that one once in a while?
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AvangiNope, it doesn't work.Option no. 2 - posting here.
Any better, now?
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That's a big negatory, Tanit. I guess we're left with actually editing. 
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