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Catull Posted 8 years ago
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"What does interest you?" - Is this sentence correct?

I wrap my head around this question and can't seem to find the right answer to it:

"What does interest you?" Why is this question inaccurate? Why is it "What interests you?" instead? Don't you need a form of "do" to complete a question like this?

The question "Why does it interest you" would be correct. However, "What attribute about her does interest you most?" makes no sense. When do you need "do" and when not?

Thank you in advance.

  

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does adds emphasis to the question. Consider this scenario. ' You tell me 100 things that don't interest you.

— Clive

  • does adds emphasis to the question.
  • Consider this scenario.
  • ' You tell me 100 things that don't interest you.
  • I say 'I don't care about all those things that don't interest you.
  • '
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does adds emphasis to the question.

Consider this scenario.

I ask 'What interests you?'

You tell me 100 things that don't interest you.

I say 'I don't care about all those things that don't interest you. What does interest you?'

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Catull"What does interest you?" Why is this question inaccurate?

There's nothing wrong with it. It's the emphatic form of What interests you?

— What interests you?
— Lots of things. Astronomy, music, architecture, chemistry, history.

— Does music interest you?
— No.
— Does science interest

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