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Hanuman_2000 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
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Hello Sir,
1. What made the room bright?
Why any auxiliarry verb has not been used here?
2. What did make the room bright?
What is difference between (1) and (2)?
Thanks.
1. What made the room bright?
Why any auxiliarry verb has not been used here?
2. What did make the room bright?
What is difference between (1) and (2)?
Thanks.
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Hello, Hanuman,
In that kind of question, and it is also possible with "who", the pronoun "what/who" is the subject of the sentence, and in this case you do not use the auxiliary "do" in the question, but simply conjugate the verb in the required tense (3rd person singular)
E.g.: "What happened after they left?" / "Who left the butter on the table?"
In that kind of question, and it is also possible with "who", the pronoun "what/who" is the subject of the sentence, and in this case you do not use the auxiliary "do" in the question, but simply conjugate the verb in the required tense (3rd person singular)
E.g.: "What happened after they left?" / "Who left the butter on the table?"
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Hanuman! Where have you been?-- We have missed you!
#1 is right; #2 is wrong. We don't use auxiliaries when the interrogative pronoun is the subject, Hanuman:
Who ate my biscuit?
What turned your shirt yellow?
Whose (bicycle) left mud in the vestibule?
PS: Sorry, Pieanne-- didn't see you typing there.
#1 is right; #2 is wrong. We don't use auxiliaries when the interrogative pronoun is the subject, Hanuman:
Who ate my biscuit?
What turned your shirt yellow?
Whose (bicycle) left mud in the vestibule?
PS: Sorry, Pieanne-- didn't see you typing there.
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Never mind, MM. Two answers are better than one, especially if they concord...
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Though #2 would be fine in this context:
"Thank you for turning on the light."
"But I didn't turn on the light."
"Oh. The room suddenly became bright; so I thought you'd turned on the light."
"No, I didn't turn on the light. But you're quite right, the room does seem a little more bright."
"How very strange. What did make the room bright,
"Thank you for turning on the light."
"But I didn't turn on the light."
"Oh. The room suddenly became bright; so I thought you'd turned on the light."
"No, I didn't turn on the light. But you're quite right, the room does seem a little more bright."
"How very strange. What did make the room bright,
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