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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
What does it do or what do it does?
Hi, I'm not native english speaker as you may notice, reading my question.
I'd like to ask how can I ask someone in the following situation:
I'm looking at something (a machine for example) and I want to know what it does(what's used for). Do I ask "what does it do?" or "what do it does?" ?
Thanks.
I'd like to ask how can I ask someone in the following situation:
I'm looking at something (a machine for example) and I want to know what it does(what's used for). Do I ask "what does it do?" or "what do it does?" ?
Thanks.
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Hi, What does it do? How does it work? etc.
- Hi, What does it do?
- How does it work?
- etc.
- Clive
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Hi Anon:
You can ask:
What does it do?
What is its function?
How does it work?
In English, you can make a statement with a helping verb:
He works. --> He does work. "do" is a helping verb, and it agrees with the subject, "he"
To make a question, put the helping verb first:
Does he work?
In your sentence "do" is both the helping verb and
You can ask:
What does it do?
What is its function?
How does it work?
In English, you can make a statement with a helping verb:
He works. --> He does work. "do" is a helping verb, and it agrees with the subject, "he"
To make a question, put the helping verb first:
Does he work?
In your sentence "do" is both the helping verb and
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